Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

करवीरैर्जपाभिश्च गंधकैः किंशुकैः शुभैः । रक्तोत्पलैरशोकैश्च स समानर्च भास्करम्

Transliteration

karavīrairjapābhiśca gaṃdhakaiḥ kiṃśukaiḥ śubhaiḥ | raktotpalairaśokaiśca sa samānarca bhāskaram

Translation

เขาบูชาพาสกะระ—พระสุริยะ—โดยชอบด้วยพิธี ด้วยดอกยี่โถ ดอกชบา ดอกหอม ดอกกิ้มศุกะอันเป็นมงคล ดอกบัวแดง และดอกอโศก

Word by Word

• करवीरैः: with oleanders
• करवीरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करवीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जपाभिः: with hibiscus flowers
• जपाभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• गन्धकैः: with fragrant flowers (gandhaka)
• गन्धकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• किंशुकैः: with kiṃśuka (palāśa) blossoms
• किंशुकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंशुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभैः: auspicious/beautiful
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying किंशुकैः etc.)

• रक्तोत्पलैः: with red lotuses
• रक्तोत्पलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त + उत्पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); कर्मधारय (रक्तम् उत्पलम्)

• अशोकैः: with aśoka flowers
• अशोकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्: together/fully (prefix)
• सम्: Upasarga (Preverb/उपसर्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग (prefix) — अर्च धातोः सह

• आनर्च: worshipped/paid homage
• आनर्च: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); सम्+अर्च् → समार्च् (worship fully)

• भास्करम्: the Sun
• भास्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vimalāditya/Bradhna (Sūrya) in Kāśī

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni (unnamed sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Vimala offers a profusion of red and auspicious blossoms—karavīra, japā, kiṃśuka, red lotuses, and aśoka—arranged before the radiant Sun, creating a vivid altar of color and fragrance.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Bhāskara (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through beauty and purity of offerings; ordered, respectful worship is portrayed as spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship supports the Vimalāditya-related sacred setting in Kāśī, where Āditya devotion is celebrated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā to Bhāskara using specified flowers (karavīra, japā, fragrant blossoms, kiṃśuka, red lotus, aśoka).