Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

गत्वा देवालयं पश्चाद्देवं तीर्थोदकेन च । संस्नाप्य पञ्चगव्येन ततः पञ्चामृतेन च

Transliteration

gatvā devālayaṃ paścāddevaṃ tīrthodakena ca | saṃsnāpya pañcagavyena tataḥ pañcāmṛtena ca

Translation

ثم مضى إلى المعبد، فاغتسل الإله بماء التيرثا المقدّس (tīrtha)؛ ثم أجرى السكب الطقسي بالبانتشاغافيا (pañcagavya)، وبعد ذلك كذلك بالبانتشامريتا (pañcāmṛta).

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• देवालयम्: the temple
• देवालयम्: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + आलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् आलयः)

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kālādhi karaṇa (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• देवम्: the deity (god)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• तीर्थोदकेन: with sacred water
• तीर्थोदकेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य उदकम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पञ्चगव्येन: with pañcagavya (five cow-products)
• पञ्चगव्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्चानां गव्यानाम् समाहारः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्चानाम् अमृतानाम् समाहारः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; ritual description within māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (associated temple)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a stone sanctum, the worshipper and priest pour sacred tīrtha-water over the liṅga, followed by pañcagavya and then pañcāmṛta, with lamps and bells sounding.

Characters & Entities

• Devālaya (temple)
• Tīrthodaka
• Pañcagavya
• Pañcāmṛta
• Deity (Deva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha merit culminates in temple worship—offering sacred water and abhiṣeka substances to the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha whose water (tīrthodaka) is used for abhiṣeka, along with the associated temple (devālaya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Deity abhiṣeka using tīrthodaka, pañcagavya, and pañcāmṛta.