Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

शतमादित्यवाराणां स्नायादष्टोत्तरं तु यः । सम्पूज्य शङ्करं दद्यात्तिलपात्रं द्विजातये

Transliteration

śatamādityavārāṇāṃ snāyādaṣṭottaraṃ tu yaḥ | sampūjya śaṅkaraṃ dadyāttilapātraṃ dvijātaye

Translation

Wer an hundertacht Sonntagen badet und, nachdem er Śaṅkara gebührend verehrt hat, einem Zweimalgeborenen (Brāhmaṇa) ein Gefäß mit Sesam darbringt, erlangt die verheißene Frucht.

Word by Word

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (cardinal numeral)

• ādityavārāṇām: of Sundays
• ādityavārāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādityavāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• snāyāt: should bathe
• snāyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aṣṭottaram: one hundred and eight
• aṣṭottaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; संख्याविशेषण (108)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• sampūjya: having duly worshipped
• sampūjya: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + pūj (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• śaṅkaram: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• śaṅkaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaṅkara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tilapātram: a vessel (bowl) of sesame
• tilapātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila + pātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (tilasya pātram)

• dvijātaye: to a twice-born (Brahmin)
• dvijātaye: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijāti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान (dative)

Speaker

Devas (collective) speaking within the Revākhaṇḍa narrative context (speaker not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as nṛpa in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred pool/riverbank performs snāna on a Sunday, then offers bilva and water to a Śiva-liṅga, and finally presents a sesame-filled vessel to a seated brāhmaṇa under a tree near the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit arises from a complete dharmic triad—purification (snāna), devotion (Śiva-pūjā), and generosity (dāna).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Devakhāta and its sacred bathing context in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe for 108 Sundays, worship Śaṅkara, and donate a sesame-filled vessel to a dvija (brāhmaṇa).