Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

कैलासश्रृङ्गसंकाशौ श्वेतमाल्यानुलेपनौ । सोमोऽप्यनुचरौ प्रादान्मणिं सुमणिमेव च

Transliteration

kailāsaśrṛṅgasaṃkāśau śvetamālyānulepanau | somo'pyanucarau prādānmaṇiṃ sumaṇimeva ca

Translation

Mereka laksana puncak Kailāsa, berhias kalungan putih dan sapuan wangi putih. Soma juga menganugerahkan dua pengiring—Maṇi dan Sumaṇi.

Word by Word

• कैलास-शृङ्ग-संकाशौ: two resembling the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलास-शृङ्ग-संकाशौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + शृङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + संकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी/षष्ठी-संबन्ध: कैलासशृङ्गस्य संकाशौ); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual); विशेषण (qualifying अनुचरौ)

• श्वेत-माल्य-अनुलेपनौ: two with white garlands and unguents
• श्वेत-माल्य-अनुलेपनौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + माल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (माल्यं च अनुलेपनं च; श्वेत-विशेषण); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual); विशेषण (qualifying अनुचरौ)

• सोमः: Soma (Moon)
• सोमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (also)

• अनुचरौ: two attendants
• अनुचरौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• प्रादात्: gave
• प्रादात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मणिम्: Maṇi (name)
• मणिम्: Apposition/Name (संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); (अनुचरयोः नाम)

• सुमणिम्: Sumaṇi (name)
• सुमणिम्: Apposition/Name (संज्ञा)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (पूर्वपद) + मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); (अनुचरयोः नाम)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-बोधक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa (allusive)

Type: peak

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, cool and luminous, grants two attendants—Maṇi and Sumaṇi—white-garlanded, anointed, shining like Kailāsa peaks; a serene, moonlit divine gifting scene.

Characters & Entities

• Soma (Moon)
• Kailāsa
• Maṇi
• Sumaṇi
• Skanda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and auspicious beauty (white adornment, Kailāsa imagery) are portrayed as divine supports for Skanda’s dharmic purpose.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is evoked symbolically, but no pilgrimage instruction is given here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.