Alchemy of East and West. Shankara skin care products embody an East-West concept mirrored in our Lotus-Rose logo. The rose, a symbol of pure beauty and love in the West, is in the flower"s center. The lotus, a symbol of wisdom and light in the East, embraces the rose. The white radiance within the heart of the flower is symbolic of our own innate being (nature), which embodies those qualities of love, beauty, wisdom and light.