Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

हरिद्रां कुकुमं चैव सिंदूरं कज्जलं तथा । कूर्पासकं च तांबूलं मांगल्याभरणं शुभम्

Transliteration

haridrāṃ kukumaṃ caiva siṃdūraṃ kajjalaṃ tathā | kūrpāsakaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ māṃgalyābharaṇaṃ śubham

Translation

हळद, कुंकू (केशर), सिंदूर व काजळ; तसेच कापूस व तांबूल; आणि सौभाग्यदायक मंगल अलंकार—हे सर्व शुभ मानले गेले आहेत.

Word by Word

• हरिद्राम्: turmeric
• हरिद्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरिद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कुकुमम्: saffron
• कुकुमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुकुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण/emphasis)

• सिंदूरम्: vermilion
• सिंदूरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिंदूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कज्जलम्: kohl/collyrium
• कज्जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कज्जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Conjunction/Adverbial (समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/‘also/likewise’)

• कूर्पासकम्: a bodice/corset-like garment (kūrpāsaka)
• कूर्पासकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूर्पासक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• ताम्बूलम्: betel (leaf preparation)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मांगल्याभरणम्: auspicious ornament
• मांगल्याभरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माङ्गल्य + आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘माङ्गल्यस्य आभरणम्’/auspicious ornament)

• शुभम्: auspicious, good
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘मांगल्याभरणम्’)

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa (didactic instruction on strī-dharma; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tray of auspicious items—haridrā, kuṅkuma, sindūra, kajjala, tāmbūla—beside a woman adorning herself with maṅgalya ornaments in a domestic shrine corner.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspiciousness (maṅgala) in household life is upheld through culturally sanctioned, dharma-aligned practices of cleanliness and adornment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A list of auspicious items used in customary observance and adornment: haridrā, kukuma, sindūra, kajjala, cotton, tāmbūla, and māṅgalya ornaments.