Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

पयश्चंदनकर्पूरक्रमुकाणां तथैव च । मध्वाज्यता म्रकांस्यानां रुद्राक्षाणां तथैव च

Transliteration

payaścaṃdanakarpūrakramukāṇāṃ tathaiva ca | madhvājyatā mrakāṃsyānāṃ rudrākṣāṇāṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

De même (est-il dit) au sujet du lait, du santal, du camphre et des noix d’arec; de même au sujet du miel et du ghee, et (au sujet) des émeraudes et des bronzes, ainsi que des chapelets de rudrākṣa.

Word by Word

• payas: milk
• payas: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: payas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• candana: sandalwood
• candana: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: candana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• karpūra: camphor
• karpūra: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karpūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (प्रयोगानुसार); समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• kramukāṇām: of milk, sandalwood, camphor, and areca-nuts
• kramukāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kramuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः: पयस्-चन्दन-कर्पूर-क्रमुक (द्वन्द्व/समाहार)

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• madhu: honey
• madhu: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• ājya: ghee
• ājya: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier base)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपद (in compound)

• tā: (and) honey-and-ghee mixture/quality
• tā: Sambandha (Elliptic predicate/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः: मधु-आज्य-ता (तत्पुरुष) = ‘state/quality involving honey and ghee’

• mrakāṃsyānām: of bronze vessels (mrakāṃsya)
• mrakāṃsyānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mrakāṃsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• rudrākṣāṇām: of rudrākṣa beads
• rudrākṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rudrākṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setu Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu (Setubandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvi-ja audience implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine-side arrangement of offerings: bowls of milk and ghee, sandal paste, camphor, areca nuts, honey, a tray with emerald and bronze vessels, and a garland of rudrākṣa—set against the sea-breeze of Setu.

Characters & Entities

• Setu
• Rudrākṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text frames Setu’s sacred economy of merit through a traditional Purāṇic catalog of auspicious substances and devotional markers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu Kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya such items are listed as spiritually significant.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single act is newly prescribed here; the verse continues an enumerative passage of substances commonly used for worship/charity in a tīrtha context.