Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन स्नपनं न तेषांगर्भवेदना । ये करिष्यंति मधुना सेचनं लिंगमस्तके

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ na teṣāṃgarbhavedanā | ye kariṣyaṃti madhunā secanaṃ liṃgamastake

Translation

Wer den Liṅga mit Pañcāmṛta badet, dem wird kein Schmerz des Mutterleibes (kein Leid der Schwangerschaft) widerfahren. Und wer Honig auf die Spitze des Liṅga gießt, erlangt ebenso solch segensreiche Linderung.

Word by Word

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

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नपनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गर्भवेदना: pain in the womb/pregnancy pain
• गर्भवेदना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ + वेदना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गर्भस्य वेदना)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सेचनम्: sprinkling, pouring
• सेचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिच् (धातु) + युच् (प्रत्यय) → सेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (act of sprinkling/pouring)

• लिङ्ग: the liṅga
• लिङ्ग: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मस्तके: on the top/head
• मस्तके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadeya-liṅga (regional liṅga worship context)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a small shrine, devotees pour pañcāmṛta over a polished liṅga; streams of milk/curd/ghee/honey/sugar-water flow into a yoni-base; a woman prays for safe pregnancy; lamps flicker and priests chant.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Pañcāmṛta
• Madhu (honey)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional ritual (abhiṣeka) is portrayed as compassionate dharma that alleviates suffering and grants well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The same Nārmadeya/Amarakantaka tīrtha context, now emphasizing liṅga-rituals performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka/snapana of the liṅga with pañcāmṛta, and honey-pouring (madhu-secana) on the liṅga’s top.