Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

गते चादर्शनं देवे स्नात्वाचम्य विधानतः । स्थापयामास राजेन्द्र ह्यङ्कूरेश्वरमुत्तमम्

Transliteration

gate cādarśanaṃ deve snātvācamya vidhānataḥ | sthāpayāmāsa rājendra hyaṅkūreśvaramuttamam

Translation

Als der Herr fortgegangen und nicht mehr sichtbar war, badete er und vollzog das Ācamana nach Vorschrift; dann, o König, weihte er den erhabenen Aṅkūreśvara ein.

Word by Word

• गते: when (he) had gone
• गते: Saptamī-samāsādhikaraṇa (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past participle) ‘गत’; सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग रूपे (सप्तमी absolute)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अदर्शनम्: disappearance
• अदर्शनम्: Bhāva (State/event in locative-absolute construction)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘अदर्शन’ = disappearance/not being seen

• देवे: when the god (was gone/out of sight)
• देवे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative; in absolute)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), परस्मैपद

• आचम्य: having sipped water (ācamana)
• आचम्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चम् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘आचम्य’

• विधानतः: according to rule
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

• स्थापयामास: established/installed
• स्थापयामास: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect) परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (causative) ‘स्थापय-’ + ‘आस’ (periphrastic perfect sense)

• राजेन्द्र: O king of kings
• राजेन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (‘राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: Aṅkūreśvara (the Lord)
• अङ्कूरेश्वरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कूर-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘अङ्कूरस्य ईश्वरः’ = Lord named Aṅkūreśvara)

• उत्तमम्: excellent/supreme
• उत्तमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of अङ्कूरेश्वरम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing a king; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aṅkūreśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (O king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the deity vanishes from sight, the devotee performs ritual bathing and ācamanam, then consecrates the splendid Aṅkūreśvara liṅga with focused reverence, while attendants prepare offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Aṅkūreśvara
• Snāna
• Ācamana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places are stabilized through disciplined ritual purity and proper consecration, not mere sentiment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Aṅkūreśvara—established as a premier Śiva presence connected to the Revā-region tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and ācamana (ritual sipping) performed vidhānataḥ (according to injunction) prior to establishing the deity.