Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तैश्चैव पूजयेच्छशिशेखरम् । प्रभाते विमले पश्चात्स्नात्वा वै नर्मदाजले

Transliteration

vedoktaiścaiva pūjayecchaśiśekharam | prabhāte vimale paścātsnātvā vai narmadājale

Translation

Und nach den vedischen Riten soll man Śaśiśekhara verehren, Śiva, den Mondbekrönten. Dann, am reinen Morgen, nachdem man im Wasser der Narmadā gebadet hat…

Word by Word

• veda-uktaiḥ: with Veda-prescribed (rites/mantras)
• veda-uktaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + ukta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vedasya uktāni)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphasis)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śaśi-śekharam: Śaśiśekhara (Śiva, 'moon-crested')
• śaśi-śekharam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaśin (प्रातिपदिक) + śekhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (śaśinaḥ śekharaḥ)

• prabhāte: in the morning
• prabhāte: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; कालवाचक

• vimale: pure, clear
• vimale: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; प्रabhāte इति विशेषण

• paścāt: after that
• paścāt: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (sequence adverb)

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); 'having bathed'

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis (Nipāta/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/assuring particle)

• narmadā-jale: in the waters of the Narmadā
• narmadā-jale: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: narmadā (प्रातिपदिक) + jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (narmadāyāḥ jalam)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Characters & Entities

• Śaśiśekhara (Śiva)
• Narmadā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is completed by orthodox worship—purifying the body by river-bath and sanctifying the mind through Vedic-mode devotion to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Narmadā (Revā) is explicitly named; the passage praises bathing in her waters as part of Śaiva tīrtha observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Veda-ukta pūjā of Śiva (Śaśiśekhara) and morning bathing (snāna) in the Narmadā.