Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

सात्त्विकी शक्तिरानंदा स्थिता तस्मिन्पुरे पुरा । पूजयेत्तां च वै राजन्कर्पूरारक्त चंदनैः

Transliteration

sāttvikī śaktirānaṃdā sthitā tasminpure purā | pūjayettāṃ ca vai rājankarpūrārakta caṃdanaiḥ

Translation

Cette puissance sāttvique, Ānandā, est depuis longtemps établie dans cette cité. Ô Roi, qu’on l’honore avec du camphre et du santal rouge.

Word by Word

• sāttvikī: sattvic, pure
• sāttvikī: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sāttvika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• śaktiḥ: Śakti (power/goddess)
• śaktiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• ānandā: Ānandā (name)
• ānandā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ānandā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sthitā: situated, remained
• sthitā: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + क्त (Kta) प्रत्यय; sthitā (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• pure: in the city
• pure: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• purā: formerly, once
• purā: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• tām: her
• tām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• rājan: O king
• rājan: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• karpūra-arakta-candanaiḥ: with camphor, red-dye, and sandalwood
• karpūra-arakta-candanaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karpūra (प्रातिपदिक) + arakta (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative): karpūra + arakta + candana; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ānandā-Devī kṣetra (Dharmāraṇyaka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Devī temple: the king (or devotee) offers camphor flame (ārati) and applies red sandal paste; the Devī icon is lion-mounted or enthroned, richly garlanded; the atmosphere is clean, luminous, and sāttvika.

Characters & Entities

• Ānandā
• Śakti
• City of the deity (pura)
• Camphor
• Red sandalwood

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure devotion expressed through simple, sattvic offerings is endorsed as a direct means to honor the site’s presiding Śakti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The city/settlement within the Dharmāraṇya sacred region where Ānandā Śakti is established.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Ānandā Śakti using karpūra (camphor) and rakta-candana (red sandalwood).