Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अघोरेणैव तत्तोयं दद्याद्दिव्यस्य कारणे । पिबेदेतदुदीर्या प्रसृतित्रयमेव च

Transliteration

aghoreṇaiva tattoyaṃ dadyāddivyasya kāraṇe | pibedetadudīryā prasṛtitrayameva ca

Translation

Allein mit dem Aghora-Mantra soll jenes Wasser zum göttlichen Ritus dargebracht werden. Während man es rezitiert, trinke man davon — genau drei Handvollmaße.

Word by Word

• अघोरेण: with (the mantra/name) Aghora
• अघोरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• दद्याद्: should give/offer
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• दिव्यस्य: of the divine
• दिव्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• कारणे: in/for the cause (purpose)
• कारणे: Adhikarana (Location/Purpose-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पिबेत्: should drink
• पिबेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• उदीर्य: having uttered/recited
• उदीर्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• प्रसृतित्रयम्: three handful-measures
• प्रसृतित्रयम्: Karma (Measure-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसृति (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रयस्य प्रसृतिः)

• एव: only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive/emphatic)

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

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from prescriptive, first-line ritual instruction sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śaiva officiant before a newly established liṅga offers mantra-consecrated water, then sips three measured handfuls with focused gaze and folded cloth over shoulder; vessels, kuśa grass, and a small fire/diya nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Aghora Mantra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated water empowered by mantra is both an offering to Śiva and a sanctifying sacrament for the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse describes a general Śaiva ritual practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer the mantra-empowered water with the Aghora mantra, and then drink three handful-measures while reciting.