Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा तिलामलकमिश्रितैः । वासोभिः सुमनोभिश्च दुकूलैः सुमनोहरैः

Transliteration

snātvā caiva śucirbhūtvā tilāmalakamiśritaiḥ | vāsobhiḥ sumanobhiśca dukūlaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ

Translation

Nachdem man gebadet und sich gereinigt hat, (verehrt man) mit Gewändern und lieblichen Gaben: Zubereitungen, gemischt mit Sesam und Āmalaka, dazu feine, entzückende Dukūla-Stoffe und Blumen.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive); “having bathed”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic “indeed/just”)

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (pure/clean)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive); “having become”

• तिलामलकमिश्रितैः: mixed with sesame and āmalaka
• तिलामलकमिश्रितैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिल + आमलक + मिश्रित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, तृतीया; (instrumental plural) नपुंसक/पुं (contextual); तत्पुरुष-समास (तिल-आमलकाभ्यां मिश्रितैः)

• वासोभिः: with garments, with cloths
• वासोभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सुमनोभिः: with flowers
• सुमनोभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; “flowers”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• दुकूलैः: with fine cloths
• दुकूलैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; “fine cloth/silk”

• सुमनोहरैः: very pleasing, delightful
• सुमनोहरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सु-मनः-हर) विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee after bathing, hair still damp, approaches the Devī shrine with trays: sesame-āmalaka mixture, folded fine cloth (dukūla), and heaps of fresh flowers; the setting is a forest-kshetra with a small sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmaputrikā
• Śrīmātā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity (snāna, clean attire) supports inner devotion; worship is to be performed with care and beauty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sacred milieu underlies the instruction; the verse itself is primarily procedural.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe, maintain purity, and offer garments, flowers, and fine cloth; use sesame–āmalaka mixtures as part of the worship materials.