Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या भक्तियुक्तो जितेन्द्रियः । पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā bhaktiyukto jitendriyaḥ | pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya dhūpanaivedyapūjanaiḥ

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha wird, wer die Sinne bezwungen hat und in Bhakti gefestigt ist, verehren—indem er (die Gottheit) mit Pañcāmṛta badet und sie mit Weihrauch, Speisegaben und ritueller Pūjā ehrt—

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle: indeed/but)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकः (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भक्तियुक्तः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ति + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; जित + इन्द्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + अमृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed/washed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘संस्नाप्य’ = स्नापयित्वा/स्नात्वा (having bathed/washed)

• धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः: with incense, food-offering, and worship
• धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप-नैवेद्य-पूजन (प्रातिपदिक; धूप + नैवेद्य + पूजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; साधनसमुच्चयः

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into 72.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee at riverside shrine performs pañcāmṛta abhiṣeka on a liṅga, with incense smoke and food offerings arranged; atmosphere of restraint and devotion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with self-mastery, expressed through reverent worship, is held to be especially meritorious at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revākhaṇḍa (Narmadā/Reva region) is being praised; the verse continues a local pilgrimage instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāmṛta-abhiṣeka (bathing with five nectars) along with dhūpa (incense), naivedya (food offering), and pūjā (formal worship).