Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

श्रीखण्डमुरसि स्थाप्यं ताभ्यां चैव तु काञ्चनम् । ऊर्ध्वे मधु घृतं देयं कुर्यात्सर्षपरोमकम्

Transliteration

śrīkhaṇḍamurasi sthāpyaṃ tābhyāṃ caiva tu kāñcanam | ūrdhve madhu ghṛtaṃ deyaṃ kuryātsarṣaparomakam

Translation

Qu’on applique sur la poitrine la pâte de santal, et qu’on y dépose aussi de l’or. Au-dessus, qu’on offre miel et ghee ; et qu’on dispose graines de moutarde et cheveux, selon le rite prescrit.

Word by Word

• śrīkhaṇḍam: sandalwood paste
• śrīkhaṇḍam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrīkhaṇḍa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• urasi: on the chest
• urasi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• sthāpyam: should be placed
• sthāpyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (स्था) (णिच्: स्थापय) + -ya (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य (gerundive: to be placed), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• tābhyām: with those two
• tābhyām: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), द्विवचन; ‘by/with those two’ (i.e., the two ears/previous pair)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• eva: indeed, just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• kāñcanam: gold
• kāñcanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ūrdhve: above
• ūrdhve: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ūrdhva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (locative adverb) ‘above/on top’

• madhu: honey
• madhu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (दा) + -ya (कृत्य)
• Form: कृत्य (gerundive: to be given), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• kuryāt: should make/do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sarṣapa-romakam: (a rite/object) with sarṣapa (mustard) and hair/romaka
• sarṣapa-romakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarṣapa (प्रातिपदिक) + romaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (sarṣapa-sambandha) ‘सर्षपैः रोमकं/रोमयुक्तं’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (कर्म/विधेय-विशेषण)

Speaker

Textual narrator giving ritualized dāna arrangement details (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra upacāra-vidhi (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up ritual tableau: sandal paste applied on the chest area of a consecrated figure/recipient (or symbolic body-diagram), gold placed atop; above are vessels of honey and ghee being offered; mustard seeds and a small tuft of hair arranged as per rite, with priests chanting by the river.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is performed as a consecrated rite, where carefully arranged sacred substances elevate the act into worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised; the verse is procedural within the Revā Khaṇḍa discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Place sandal paste on the chest, add gold, offer honey and ghee above, and arrange mustard seeds and hair according to the prescribed rite.