Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

करवीरैस्ततो गत्वा रक्तचन्दनवारिणा । संस्थाप्य भास्करं भक्त्या सम्पूज्य च यथाविधि

Transliteration

karavīraistato gatvā raktacandanavāriṇā | saṃsthāpya bhāskaraṃ bhaktyā sampūjya ca yathāvidhi

Translation

پھر کنیر کے پھولوں کے ساتھ اور سرخ چندن کی خوشبو والے پانی سے، بھکتی کے ساتھ بھاسکر کو قائم کرے اور شاستری ودھی کے مطابق پوری پوجا کرے۔

Word by Word

• karavīraiḥ: with oleander flowers
• karavīraiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karavīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (sequential adverb: 'then/thereafter')

• gatvā: having gone
• gatvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund)

• rakta-candana-vāriṇā: with water (mixed) with red sandalwood
• rakta-candana-vāriṇā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakta (प्रातिपदिक) + candana (प्रातिपदिक) + vāri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-समाससमूहः: 'raktacandanasya vāri'

• saṃsthāpya: having installed
• saṃsthāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त with उपसर्ग 'सम्' (saṃ-), 'having installed/established'

• bhāskaram: the Sun (image/deity)
• bhāskaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• sampūjya: having duly worshipped
• sampūjya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (पूर्वकाले क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त with उपसर्ग 'सम्' (sam-), 'having worshipped fully'

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• yathā-vidhi: according to the prescribed rite
• yathā-vidhi: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) 'according to rule'

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīra (Narmadā bank) as Sūrya-upāsanā sthala

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (mahīpāla/nṛpottama in adjoining verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank altar: a small solar icon/maṇḍala being established; devotees carry oleander garlands and a vessel of red-sandal-scented water; the sun’s disc glows above.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara (Sūrya)
• Karavīra (oleander)
• Raktacandana (red sandalwood)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes concrete through correct ritual action—offering, installation, and rule-guided worship at a sacred site.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The worship is situated in the Sūryatīrtha/Mūlasthāna setting along the Revā (Narmadā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use karavīra flowers and red-sandal water, install Bhāskara, and perform complete worship according to vidhi.