Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

हृषीकेशस्य यो भक्त्या करिष्यत्यनुलेपनम् । स यास्यति परं स्थानं जरामरणवर्जितम्

Transliteration

hṛṣīkeśasya yo bhaktyā kariṣyatyanulepanam | sa yāsyati paraṃ sthānaṃ jarāmaraṇavarjitam

Translation

جو کوئی عقیدت کے ساتھ ہریشیکیش کا انولےپن (چندن وغیرہ کا لیپ) کرے، وہ بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک اعلیٰ ترین دھام کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• hṛṣīkeśasya: of Hṛṣīkeśa
• hṛṣīkeśasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• anulepanam: anointing (smearing)
• anulepanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anulepana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yāsyati: will go
• yāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• param: supreme
• param: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (sthānam)

• sthānam: abode
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• jarā-maraṇa-varjitam: free from old age and death
• jarā-maraṇa-varjitam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jarā + maraṇa + varjita (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (jarayā maraṇena ca varjitam) विशेषणम् (sthānam)

Speaker

Narrator/Ṛṣi addressing the King (contextual speaker within Arbuda Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee gently anoints Hṛṣīkeśa’s icon with sandal paste; attendants hold vessels of water and fragrant oils; the deity’s form gleams, suggesting transcendence beyond aging and death.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service (sevā) to the deity is elevated as a direct cause of attaining a deathless, ageless state.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hṛṣīkeśa worship-setting in Arbuda Khaṇḍa, where such service is said to bear mokṣa-fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anulepana: reverential anointing/smearing of the deity with unguents as an act of bhakti.