Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तेजोऽसि शुक्रमित्याज्यं देवस्य त्वा कुशोदकम् । आपोहिष्ठेति मंत्रेण पंचगव्येन स्नापयेत्

Transliteration

tejo'si śukramityājyaṃ devasya tvā kuśodakam | āpohiṣṭheti maṃtreṇa paṃcagavyena snāpayet

Translation

Ghee wird mit «Tejo’si śukram» verwendet; Kuśa-Wasser mit «Devasya tvā»; und mit dem Mantra «Āpohiṣṭha» soll man (die Gottheit) mit Pañcagavya baden.

Word by Word

• तेजः: splendour, energy
• तेजः: Viśeṣaṇa/Mantra-śabda (Appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; (मन्त्रपद)

• असि: you are
• असि: Vākya-kriyā (Copula)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• शुक्रम्: pure/bright (essence)
• शुक्रम्: Viśeṣaṇa/Mantra-śabda (Appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (मन्त्रपद)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरणसूचक)

• आज्यम्: ghee (clarified butter)
• आज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive

• त्वा: you (the deity)
• त्वा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; enclitic form

• कुशोदकम्: kuśa-water
• कुशोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश + उदक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आपोहिष्ठ: “Āpo hi ṣṭhā…” (mantra)
• आपोहिष्ठ: Viśeṣaṇa/Mantra-śabda (Appositive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आपः + हिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (आपः बहुवचन-रूप), प्रथमा (मन्त्रपद); वैदिक पद ‘आपो हि ष्ठा…’ का संकेत

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरणसूचक)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• पञ्चगव्येन: with the five cow-products (pañcagavya)
• पञ्चगव्येन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + गव्य (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः = ‘पञ्च (द्रव्याणि) गव्यानि यस्मिन्’

• स्नापयेत्: one should bathe (him)/perform ablution
• स्नापयेत्: Vidhāna-kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense ‘स्नापयति’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest prepares abhiṣeka: a golden vessel of ghee, a kuśa-bundle dipping into sanctified water, and a pañcagavya pot; the deity is seated for bathing while Vedic mantras are recited.

Characters & Entities

• Āpohiṣṭha
• Kuśodaka
• Ājya (ghee)
• Pañcagavya
• Mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purificatory waters and consecrated substances become spiritually potent when joined to mantra—ritual becomes a vehicle of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the setting where this Brahmā-worship abhiṣeka is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Apply specified mantras for ghee and kuśa-water, and perform pañcagavya abhiṣeka using the Āpohiṣṭha mantra.