Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

कंठं पद्मदलाभाय शिरस्तेजोमयाय च । एवं संपूज्य विधिवद्धूपं कर्पूरमाददेत्

Transliteration

kaṃṭhaṃ padmadalābhāya śirastejomayāya ca | evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivaddhūpaṃ karpūramādadet

Translation

ಕಂಠವನ್ನು ‘ಪದ್ಮದಲಾಭ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ, ಶಿರಸ್ಸನ್ನು ‘ತೇಜೋಮಯ’ ಎಂಬ ನಾಮದಿಂದ ಪೂಜಿಸಬೇಕು. ಹೀಗೆ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ ನಂತರ ಧೂಪ—ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ಕರ್ಪೂರ—ಅರ್ಪಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• kaṃṭham: the throat
• kaṃṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kaṃṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• padma-dala-ābhāya: to the lotus-petal-lustrous one
• padma-dala-ābhāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: padma (प्रातिपदिक) + dala (प्रातिपदिक) + ābhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: पद्मदलस्य आभा यस्य (having the luster of lotus-petals)

• śiraḥ: the head
• śiraḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• tejo-mayāya: to the radiance-formed one
• tejo-mayāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: तेजसा मयः (consisting of radiance)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): च (and)

• evam: thus
• evam: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): एवम् (thus/in this manner)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped fully
• saṃpūjya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund) उपसर्ग-समेत: सं-पूज्य = सम्यक् पूजयित्वा (having duly worshipped)

• vidhi-vat: according to the prescribed rite
• vidhi-vat: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): विधिवत् (according to rule)

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• karpūram: camphor
• karpūram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karpūra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• ādadet: should take/offer
• ādadet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग-समेत: आ-दा (to take/offer)

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda instructing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee raises incense; camphor smoke curls upward before the radiant Sūrya icon; the head region of the icon glows with emphasized halo.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (as Padmadalābha, Tejomaya)
• Karpūra (camphor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and clarity of worship are symbolized by fragrant offerings like camphor, aligning the devotee’s inner light with the Sun’s radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader chapter is within a tīrtha-māhātmya framework, but this verse itself does not specify the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After limb-wise worship, offer dhūpa—explicitly camphor incense—as part of the upacāra sequence.