Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

एवमलंकारं निवेद्य पश्चात्केशरकुंकुमकर्पूररक्तचंदनमिश्रमनुलेपनं दद्यात्

Transliteration

evamalaṃkāraṃ nivedya paścātkeśarakuṃkumakarpūraraktacaṃdanamiśramanulepanaṃ dadyāt

Translation

अशा प्रकारे अलंकार निवेदून, नंतर केशर, कुंकुम, कापूर व रक्तचंदन मिश्रित सुगंधी अनुलेपन अर्पण करावे।

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘thus’

• alaṃkāram: ornamentation
• alaṃkāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: alaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular

• nivedya: having offered
• nivedya: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ni-√vid (विद्) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-अव्यय) — absolutive ‘having offered/presented’

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (काल) — ‘afterwards’

• keśara-kuṃkuma-karpūra-rakta-candana-miśra-anulepanam: anointing paste mixed with saffron etc.
• keśara-kuṃkuma-karpūra-rakta-candana-miśra-anulepanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: keśara (प्रातिपदिक) + kuṃkuma (प्रातिपदिक) + karpūra (प्रातिपदिक) + rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक) + miśra (प्रातिपदिक) + anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — accusative singular; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष ‘anointing paste mixed with saffron, vermilion, camphor, red sandal’

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा/दान) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — ‘should give’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After adorning with jewelry, the devotee offers a fragrant red paste; saffron-gold and vermilion tones mix with the cool white of camphor; the deity’s forehead and limbs receive a luminous anointing.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred fragrance symbolizes purity and delight offered to the deity—external beauty mirrors inner refinement in worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; it is an upacāra instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer an anointing mixture (anulepana) of saffron, kuṅkuma, camphor, and red sandalwood after the ornament-offering.