Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

घृतेन स्नापयेद्देवं समाधिस्थो जितेन्द्रियः । एकविंशतिकुलोपेतो च्यवेदैश्वरात्पदात्

Transliteration

ghṛtena snāpayeddevaṃ samādhistho jitendriyaḥ | ekaviṃśatikulopeto cyavedaiśvarātpadāt

Translation

وليُغسِّل الإله بالسمن المصفّى (ghee)، وهو قائم في السَّمادهي وقد قهر حواسّه. ومن نال ثوابًا يرفع إحدى وعشرين سلالة لا يسقط من المقام السيادي.

Word by Word

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

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

• समाधिस्थः: situated in meditation
• समाधिस्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (समाधौ स्थितः)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य)

• एकविंशतिकुलोपेतः: accompanied by twenty-one lineages (i.e., with 21 generations)
• एकविंशतिकुलोपेतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशति-कुल-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (एकविंशतिकुलैः उपेतः/युक्तः)

• च्यवेत्: should fall/deviate
• च्यवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ऐश्वरात्: from lordship/prosperity
• ऐश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पदात्: from the position/state
• पदात्: Apadana (Source/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in meditative posture performs ghṛta-abhiṣeka over a Śiva-liṅga; the sanctum glows with lamps; attendants hold vessels; a subtle ancestral lineage motif (21 generations) suggested through faint, reverent silhouettes or a genealogical garland.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (installed deity)
• Ghṛta (ghee)
• Samādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship becomes most fruitful when joined with inner discipline—sense-control and meditative steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-context, but the precise tīrtha name is not contained in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ghṛta-snāna/abhiṣeka—bathing the deity with ghee—performed with samādhi and restraint of the senses.