Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 105

Devanagari script

विरूक्षितं ततः स्नाप्य श्रीखण्डेन विलेपयेत् । पूजयेद्विविधैः पुष्पैर्विधिना येन तच्छृणु

Transliteration

virūkṣitaṃ tataḥ snāpya śrīkhaṇḍena vilepayet | pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairvidhinā yena tacchṛṇu

Translation

Rồi sau khi để cho khô, hãy tắm rửa lại và xức bột đàn hương. Hãy cúng bái bằng nhiều loại hoa theo đúng nghi pháp—hãy lắng nghe nghi thức ấy.

Word by Word

• विरूक्षितम्: (one) dried, having been dried
• विरूक्षितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-रूक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रमवाचक)

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (it)
• स्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: ल्यप्/तुमुन्-सम्भव क्त्वार्थक अव्यय (absolutive), णिजन्त-धातोः; अर्थ: स्नापयित्वा (having bathed/caused to bathe)

• श्रीखण्डेन: with sandalwood paste (śrīkhaṇḍa)
• श्रीखण्डेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• विलेपयेत्: should anoint/smear
• विलेपयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-लिप् (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणं ‘पुष्पैः’ इत्यस्य

• पुष्पैः: with flowers
• पुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• विधिना: according to the prescribed method
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• येन: by which
• येन: Sambandha (Relational)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (by which)

• तत्: that (procedure/thing)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शृणु: hear (listen)
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The liṅga, freshly dried, is bathed again and then coated with cool sandal paste; heaps of varied flowers are offered in orderly arcs around the pedestal as the priest prepares to explain the full procedure.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True worship is attentive and complete—each offering (bath, sandal, flowers) is a mindful act of honoring the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha; it teaches a general ritual standard for Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Re-bathing the deity, anointing with sandal paste (śrīkhaṇḍa), and worship with assorted flowers according to vidhi.