Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

कल्पयेद्विविधैर्मंत्रैरासनाद्युपचारकान् । आसनं कल्पयेद्धैमं दिव्यवस्त्रसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

kalpayedvividhairmaṃtrairāsanādyupacārakān | āsanaṃ kalpayeddhaimaṃ divyavastrasamanvitam

Translation

Par divers mantras, qu’on prépare comme il se doit les services rituels, à commencer par l’āsana. Qu’on dispose un siège d’or, accompagné de vêtements splendides.

Word by Word

• कल्पयेत्: should prepare
• कल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — should arrange/prepare

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural; qualifying ‘मन्त्रैः’

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (with mantras)

• आसन-आदि-उपचारकान्: the services starting with the seat (etc.)
• आसन-आदि-उपचारकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + उपचारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Accusative plural; ‘services beginning with the seat’

• आसनम्: a seat
• आसनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular (seat)

• कल्पयेत्: should prepare
• कल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — should prepare

• धैमम्: golden
• धैमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धैम्/धैमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; ‘golden’ qualifying ‘आसनम्’

• दिव्य-वस्त्र-समन्वितम्: adorned with divine cloth
• दिव्य-वस्त्र-समन्वितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; ‘endowed with divine cloth’ qualifying ‘आसनम्’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/teacher within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa ritual instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest spreads a bright cloth over a golden pedestal-seat before the liṅga; mantra gestures (nyāsa/mudrā) accompany arranging vessels and offerings in order.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Upacāra
• Āsana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence is shown through careful preparation—outer orderliness supports inner devotion and steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None; the verse is a general instruction for worship setup.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare upacāras with appropriate mantras, beginning with establishing an āsana—ideally golden and covered with fine cloth.