Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

निर्व्रणाः सौम्यरूपाश्च सर्वे चोदकपूरिताः । वस्त्रपूतजलैः पूर्णागन्धधूपैश्च वासिताः

Transliteration

nirvraṇāḥ saumyarūpāśca sarve codakapūritāḥ | vastrapūtajalaiḥ pūrṇāgandhadhūpaiśca vāsitāḥ

Translation

അവയ്ക്ക് വിള്ളലോ ദോഷമോ ഇല്ലാതെ, സൗമ്യരൂപമായിരിക്കണം; എല്ലാം ജലത്തോടെ നിറഞ്ഞിരിക്കണം—വസ്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് അരിച്ച ജലത്തോടെ പൂർണ്ണമായി, ഗന്ധവും ധൂപവും കൊണ്ട് സുഗന്ധിതമായിരിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• निर्व्रणाः: without cracks/wounds (undamaged)
• निर्व्रणाः: Viśeṣaṇa (of gaḍukāḥ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्व्रण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• सौम्यरूपाः: of gentle/pleasant form
• सौम्यरूपाः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सौम्यं रूपं येषाम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• उदकपूरिताः: filled with water
• उदकपूरिताः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + पूरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √पूर्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/उपपदसमासभावः (उदकेन पूरिताः = water-filled)

• वस्त्रपूतजलैः: with cloth-filtered water
• वस्त्रपूतजलैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √पू) + जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वस्त्रेण पूतं जलं)

• पूर्णाः: full
• पूर्णाः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• गन्धधूपैः: with fragrance and incense
• गन्धधूपैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धश्च धूपश्च)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• वासिताः: perfumed/scented
• वासिताः: Viśeṣaṇa
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √वास्/√वस् caus.)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pristine pots without cracks are filled with cloth-filtered water; incense smoke curls around them, and a priest adds fragrance, preparing for abhiṣeka in a lamp-lit sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Abhiṣeka
• Dhūpa
• Gandha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings should be pure and worthy; careful refinement of materials mirrors inner refinement in worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is stated; it gives general abhiṣeka preparation rules.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use unblemished vessels; fill them with cloth-filtered water and scent them with fragrance and incense.