Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अङ्गारकायेति नमः कर्णिकायां प्रपूजयेत् । कुजाय भूमिपुत्राय रक्ताङ्गाय सुवाससे

Transliteration

aṅgārakāyeti namaḥ karṇikāyāṃ prapūjayet | kujāya bhūmiputrāya raktāṅgāya suvāsase

Translation

कर्णिकेत ‘अंगारकाय नमः’ या मंत्राने विशेष पूजन करावे; कुज, भूमिपुत्र, रक्ताङ्ग व सुवास (सु-वस्त्रधारी) यांस नमस्कार.

Word by Word

• अङ्गारकाय: to Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• अङ्गारकाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• इति: thus
• इति: Vacana-marker (उद्धरण-चिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उद्धरण/समाप्ति-सूचक (quotative particle)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya-bhava (नमस्कार-भाव)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (नमः-प्रयोगः), नमस्कारार्थक-निपात (salutatory particle)

• कर्णिकायाम्: in/at the (lotus-)whorl; in the center
• कर्णिकायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship well
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (विधि-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• कुजाय: to Kuja (Mars)
• कुजाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• भूमिपुत्राय: to the son of Earth
• भूमिपुत्राय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि-पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; भूमि + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• रक्ताङ्गाय: to the red-bodied one
• रक्ताङ्गाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक; रक्त + अङ्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सुवाससे: to the well-clad one
• सुवाससे: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु-वासस् (प्रातिपदिक; सु + वासस्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Deductive: Narrative instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅgāraka-Śiva Tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahīpāla (the King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A lotus-maṇḍala drawn on the ground; at its center (karṇikā) sits the symbol/icon of Aṅgāraka; the devotee offers añjali while reciting ‘aṅgārakāya namaḥ’; red hues dominate.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka
• Kuja
• Bhūmi (Earth)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech (mantra) and precise ritual placement (karṇikā) focus the mind and invoke the deity’s auspicious presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma-teaching corpus; the verse itself highlights a maṇḍala/lotus-center worship rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Kuja in the karṇikā (center) while reciting ‘aṅgārakāya namaḥ’ and invoking his epithets.