Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ये स्नपन्ति विरूपाक्षं तेषां वासस्त्रिविष्टपे । मत्प्रसादाद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्

Transliteration

ye snapanti virūpākṣaṃ teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape | matprasādāddvijaśreṣṭha sarvadevānusevitam

Translation

Wer Virūpākṣa badet (und die rituelle Badung der Gottheit vollzieht), dessen Wohnstatt ist in Triviṣṭapa (dem Himmel). Durch Meine Gnade, o Bester der Zweimalgeborenen, ist es ein Reich, dem alle Götter dienen.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्नपन्ति: bathe (someone)/perform ablution
• स्नपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्नप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विरूपाक्षम्: Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• विरूपाक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्: served by all the gods
• सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + अनु-सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle: अनुसेवित), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Virūpākṣa-tīrtha/shrine at Bhṛgukṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the river and then pour sanctified water over a Virūpākṣa liṅga; above, a luminous vision of Triviṣṭapa with devas attending appears as a promise of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• Triviṣṭapa
• Sarvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service to Śiva through sacred bathing (snāna/snāpana) yields exalted posthumous states and divine companionship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgukṣetra/Koṭitīrtha sacred region where Virūpākṣa is worshipped, as described in Revā Khaṇḍa 182.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna and/or ritual bathing (snāpana/abhiṣeka) of Virūpākṣa (Śiva).