Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 165

Devanagari script

स्नापितश्च त्वया तीर्थे ह्यस्मिन् पर्वसमागमे । दृष्ट्वा पूजां त्वया कॢप्तां कृता जागरणक्रिया

Transliteration

snāpitaśca tvayā tīrthe hyasmin parvasamāgame | dṛṣṭvā pūjāṃ tvayā kḷptāṃ kṛtā jāgaraṇakriyā

Translation

An dieser heiligen Furt, beim festlichen Zusammenkommen, hast du ihn gebadet. Als er die von dir bereitete Verehrung sah, vollzog auch er die Übung des nächtlichen Wachens.

Word by Word

• snāpitaḥ: (was) bathed / caused to bathe
• snāpitaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म) / Predicative (कर्मणि-प्रयोगे)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √snā (धातु) + -ita (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/क्तवत्-समकक्षः -ita), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘स्नापितः’ = ‘स्नापितः (स्नानं कारितः)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘त्वद्’; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• tīrthe: in the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम ‘इदम्’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘तीर्थे’

• parva-samāgame: at the gathering/occasion of the festival day
• parva-samāgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक) + samāgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (parvaṇāṃ samāgamaḥ); पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थे’ इत्यस्य अधिकरण-विशेषणम्

• dṛṣṭvā: having seen
• dṛṣṭvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dṛś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक ‘त्वद्’; त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• kḷptām: arranged / prepared
• kḷptām: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kḷp (धातु) + -ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; ‘पূजाम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• kṛtā: was performed / done
• kṛtā: Predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + -ta (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘जागरणक्रिया’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्/विधेयम्

• jāgaraṇa-kriyā: the vigil-rite (night vigil)
• jāgaraṇa-kriyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) / Predicative-noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (jāgaraṇasya kriyā); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā ford)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a bustling parva gathering on a riverbank, the king’s attendants bathe a weary beast of burden at the ford; nearby, a neatly arranged pūjā platform with lamps and flowers; devotees prepare for an all-night vigil.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• parva (festival occasion)
• pūjā
• jāgaraṇa (vigil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple association with tīrtha-rituals—bathing, witnessing worship, and keeping vigil—can become a channel of purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā/Revā sacred landscape is being praised; the exact name is not contained in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tīrtha-snān (sacred bathing), pūjā (worship), and jāgaraṇa (night vigil) during a parva (festival occasion).