Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

महाभिषेकः क्रियतां रामनाथस्य वै त्वया । नैवेद्यं विविधं राजन्क्रियतां च दिनेदिने

Transliteration

mahābhiṣekaḥ kriyatāṃ rāmanāthasya vai tvayā | naivedyaṃ vividhaṃ rājankriyatāṃ ca dinedine

Translation

Vollziehe du den großen Mahābhiṣeka für Rāmanātha. Und, o König, bringe Tag für Tag vielfältige Naivedya, Speiseopfer, dar.

Word by Word

• महाभिषेकः: a great consecratory bathing (abhisheka)
• महाभिषेकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक; महा + अभिषेक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महान् अभिषेकः)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be performed
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive): "let it be done"

• रामनाथस्य: of Rāmanātha (Lord of Rāma)
• रामनाथस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामनाथ (प्रातिपदिक; राम + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रामस्य नाथः)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तम-पुरुष-सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• विविधम्: various
• विविधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying नैवेद्यम्)

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दिने: in (each) day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• दिने: day by day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे पुनरुक्तिः (idiomatic repetition: day by day)

Speaker

A bodiless divine voice (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha (Rāmeśvara) at Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (rājan/bhūpati/rajendra addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king receives injunctions to perform a grand consecratory bathing of Rāmanātha and to offer diverse daily food offerings; the sanctum is busy with priests, vessels, flowers, and offerings arranged in order.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmanātha
• Mahābhiṣeka
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes embodied through service—ritual bathing and offering cultivate surrender, gratitude, and inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmanātha at Rāmasetu (Rāmeśvaram sphere) is the focal sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mahābhiṣeka for Rāmanātha and daily varied naivedya offerings.