Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

कर्पूरोशीरमिश्रेण मृगनाभिरसेन च । चन्दनेन सुगन्धेन पुष्पैः संपूजयेत्ततः

Transliteration

karpūrośīramiśreṇa mṛganābhirasena ca | candanena sugandhena puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjayettataḥ

Translation

ତାପରେ କର୍ପୂର-ଉଶୀର ମିଶ୍ରଣ, ମୃଗନାଭି-ରସ, ସୁଗନ୍ଧିତ ଚନ୍ଦନ ଓ ପୁଷ୍ପଦ୍ୱାରା ସମ୍ୟକ୍ ଭାବେ ସମ୍ପୂଜନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• कर्पूरोशीरमिश्रेण: with a mixture of camphor and uśīra
• कर्पूरोशीरमिश्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कर्पूर + उशीर + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; ‘mixed with camphor and uśīra’

• मृगनाभिरसेन: with musk-essence
• मृगनाभिरसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृगनाभि + रस (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) — conjunction

• चन्दनेन: with sandalwood
• चन्दनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular

• सुगन्धेन: fragrant
• सुगन्धेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Instrumental singular; qualifying चन्दनेन (‘fragrant’)

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural

• संपूजयेत्: should worship (it)
• संपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) [सम्-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘should worship’

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रम/अनन्तर) — adverb ‘then/thereafter’

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as 'devi' in the immediate context of the sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a coastal Śaiva shrine at Prabhāsa offers sandal paste, camphor-uśīra fragrance, and musk essence with fresh flowers before a liṅga, attendants holding trays of upacāras.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍeśvara Liṅga (implied)
• Camphor
• Uśīra (vetiver)
• Musk
• Sandalwood
• Flowers

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering fragrance and flowers symbolizes inner purity and attentive devotion, completing the pilgrim’s worship with beauty and sanctity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s Caṇḍeśvara shrine, where such worship is prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with sandalwood, camphor-uśīra mixture, musk essence, and flowers after the abhiṣeka.