Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

घृतेन स्नापयेद्देवं समाधिस्थो जितेन्द्रियः । एकविंशतिकुलोपेतो च्यवेदैश्वरात्पदात्

Transliteration

ghṛtena snāpayeddevaṃ samādhistho jitendriyaḥ | ekaviṃśatikulopeto cyavedaiśvarātpadāt

Translation

Er soll die Gottheit mit Ghee baden, in Samādhi verweilend und die Sinne bezwungen. Mit dem Verdienst, das einundzwanzig Geschlechter erhebt, fällt er nicht aus dem herrlichen Stand.

Word by Word

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• समाधिस्थः: situated in meditation
• समाधिस्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समाधि-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (समाधौ स्थितः)

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य)

• एकविंशतिकुलोपेतः: accompanied by twenty-one lineages (i.e., with 21 generations)
• एकविंशतिकुलोपेतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकविंशति-कुल-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कर्तरि विशेषणम्; समासः—तत्पुरुष (एकविंशतिकुलैः उपेतः/युक्तः)

• च्यवेत्: should fall/deviate
• च्यवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: च्यु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• ऐश्वरात्: from lordship/prosperity
• ऐश्वरात्: Apadana (Source/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऐश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• पदात्: from the position/state
• पदात्: Apadana (Source/from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (likely narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agastyeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (Rājendra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in meditative posture performs ghṛta-abhiṣeka over a Śiva-liṅga; the sanctum glows with lamps; attendants hold vessels; a subtle ancestral lineage motif (21 generations) suggested through faint, reverent silhouettes or a genealogical garland.

Characters & Entities

• Deva (installed deity)
• Ghṛta (ghee)
• Samādhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship becomes most fruitful when joined with inner discipline—sense-control and meditative steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-context, but the precise tīrtha name is not contained in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ghṛta-snāna/abhiṣeka—bathing the deity with ghee—performed with samādhi and restraint of the senses.