Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 194

Devanagari script

कांस्यपात्रे तु संस्थाप्य पुत्रार्थी देशिकोत्तमः । अङ्गलग्नं तु यद्वस्त्रं कटकाभरणं तथा

Transliteration

kāṃsyapātre tu saṃsthāpya putrārthī deśikottamaḥ | aṅgalagnaṃ tu yadvastraṃ kaṭakābharaṇaṃ tathā

Translation

Nachdem man es in ein Bronzegefäß gestellt hat, soll der vortreffliche Priesterlehrer — für den, der einen Sohn begehrt — auch das am Körper getragene Gewand niederlegen, ebenso die Armreif-Schmuckstücke.

Word by Word

• कांस्यपात्रे: in a bronze vessel
• कांस्यपात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कांस्य + पात्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक/विरोधार्थक अव्यय (indeed/but)

• संस्थाप्य: having placed/setting (it)
• संस्थाप्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √स्था (धातु) (सम्-उपसर्ग) + ल्यप् (अव्ययकृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having placed/after placing)

• पुत्रार्थी: one desiring a son
• पुत्रार्थी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (पुत्रस्य अर्थी)

• देशिकोत्तमः: the best teacher/preceptor
• देशिकोत्तमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देशिक + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास

• अङ्गलग्नम्: clinging to the body
• अङ्गलग्नम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्ग + लग्न (कृदन्त; √लग् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (अङ्गे लग्नम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विशेषार्थक अव्यय (indeed)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• वस्त्रम्: cloth/garment
• वस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• कटकाभरणम्: bracelet-ornament / bangle ornament
• कटकाभरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कटक + आभरण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कटकं च आभरणं च/कटक-रूपम् आभरणम्)

• तथा: and also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (also/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Revā Khaṇḍa narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (putrārtha kalasha rite)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An ācārya places the adorned kalasha into a bronze basin; beside it he sets a folded garment worn by the couple and bracelet ornaments, while the putrārthī couple watches with reverent focus near the river.

Characters & Entities

• Deśika (ācārya)
• Kāṃsya-pātra (bronze vessel)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Personal sacrifice through offerings (dāna) supports a dharmic pursuit of progeny and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas, within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s ritual framing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Installing the prepared ritual setup in a bronze vessel and offering personal cloth and bracelet-ornaments.