Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा प्रभाते रेवायां दद्यात्सघृतकम्बलम् । सहिरण्यं यथाशक्ति देवमुद्दिश्य शङ्करं

Transliteration

snātvā prabhāte revāyāṃ dadyātsaghṛtakambalam | sahiraṇyaṃ yathāśakti devamuddiśya śaṅkaraṃ

Translation

Nachdem er im Morgengrauen in der Revā gebadet hat, soll er nach Kräften eine Decke samt Ghee und dazu Gold spenden und die Gabe Śaṅkara weihen.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव, पूर्वक्रिया

• प्रभाते: in the morning
• प्रभाते: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• रेवायाम्: in the Revā (Narmadā)
• रेवायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रेवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• स-घृत-कम्बलम्: a ghee-filled/ ghee-soaked blanket
• स-घृत-कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक) + घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); 'घृतकम्बल' = घृतेन पूरितः/युक्तः कम्बलः (determinative)

• स-हिरण्यम्: together with gold
• स-हिरण्यम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण—(कम्बलम्) ‘with gold’

• यथा-शक्ति: according to one’s ability
• यथा-शक्ति: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb)

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

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated (it) to / intending for
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘उद्दिश्’ = to dedicate/indicate

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); देवस्य विशेषण/नाम

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on the Narmadā bank, a devotee emerges from ritual bath and offers a folded blanket, a vessel of ghee, and a small gold piece before a Śiva shrine, with priests and lamps nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)
• Śaṅkara
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification through sacred bathing is completed by charitable giving dedicated to the deity—devotion expressed as dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Revā (Narmadā) bathing within the Śuklatīrtha-focused chapter of Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dawn bath in the Narmadā, then donation of a blanket with ghee and gold, offered in Śiva’s name.