Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

हृषीकेशस्य यो भक्त्या करिष्यत्यनुलेपनम् । स यास्यति परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

hṛṣīkeśasya yo bhaktyā kariṣyatyanulepanam | sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

Quiconque, avec dévotion, accomplit pour Hṛṣīkeśa l’anulepana (onction parfumée) ira au séjour suprême, exempt de vieillesse et de mort.

Word by Word

• hṛṣīkeśasya: of Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anulepanam: anointing (smearing)
• anulepanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yāsyati: will go
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam)

• sthānam: abode
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• jarā-maraṇa-varjitam: free from old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-varjitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (jarayā maraṇena ca varjitam) विशेषणम् (sthānam)

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee gently anoints Hṛṣīkeśa’s icon with sandal paste; attendants hold vessels of water and fragrant oils; the deity’s form gleams, suggesting transcendence beyond aging and death.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service (sevā) to the deity is elevated as a direct cause of attaining a deathless, ageless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hṛṣīkeśa worship-setting in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where such service is said to bear mokṣa-fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anulepana: reverential anointing/smearing of the deity with unguents as an act of bhakti.