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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

चंदनागुरुमिश्रेण कंकुमेन सुगंधिना । विलेपयति यः कृष्णं कर्पूरमृगनाभिना । कल्पं तु भवने विष्णोर्वसते पितृभिः सह

Transliteration

caṃdanāgurumiśreṇa kaṃkumena sugaṃdhinā | vilepayati yaḥ kṛṣṇaṃ karpūramṛganābhinā | kalpaṃ tu bhavane viṣṇorvasate pitṛbhiḥ saha

Translation

凡以檀香和沉香（agaru）调和之香膏、以芬芳藏红花，并以龙脑与麝香涂抹黑天（Kṛṣṇa）者，将与其祖先同住毗湿奴（Viṣṇu）之居处，满一劫（kalpa）。

Word by Word
चन्दन-अगुरु-मिश्रेणwith a mixture of sandal and agaru
चन्दन-अगुरु-मिश्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + अगुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः (चन्दनागुरुभ्यां मिश्रः) — तृतीया-समर्थ/तत्पुरुषप्राय; पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (instrumental singular)
कङ्कुमेनwith saffron
कङ्कुमेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकङ्कुम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)
सुगन्धिनाwith fragrant (substance)
सुगन्धिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुगन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)
विलेपयतिanoints/smears
विलेपयति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि + लिप् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
कृष्णम्Krishna
कृष्णम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
कर्पूर-मृगनाभिनाwith camphor and musk
कर्पूर-मृगनाभिना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक) + मृगनाभि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व समास (कर्पूरं च मृगनाभिश्च); तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental, Singular)
कल्पम्for a kalpa (aeon)
कल्पम्:
Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)
तुindeed/but
तु:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विरोध/अवधारण/contrast-emphasis particle)
भवनेin the abode/house
भवने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootभवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
विष्णोःof Vishnu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)
वसतेdwells
वसते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)
पितृभिःwith the ancestors
पितृभिः:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)
सहtogether with
सह:
Sahakaraka (Association/सह)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (सहार्थक/associative preposition)
Speaker

Unspecified (instructional voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya; likely Sūta in Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee anoints Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s icon with sandal paste mixed with agaru and saffron; camphor and musk fragrance rises as elders invoke ancestors; the sanctum glows with lamp-light and garlands.

Characters & Entities
K
Kṛṣṇa
V
Viṣṇu
P
Pitṛs (ancestors)
C
Candana
A
Agaru
K
Kaṅkuma
K
Karpūra
M
Mṛganābhi (musk)

FAQs

Loving, sensory service (gandha-sevā) offered to the Lord is exalted and is said to uplift both the devotee and his lineage.

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s worship with fragrant offerings is praised as highly meritorious.

Anointing Kṛṣṇa with fragrant substances—sandalwood with agaru, saffron, camphor, and musk—as part of upacāra-pūjā.

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