Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन संस्नाप्य पूजयित्वा विधानतः । प्राप्नुयात्सकलं पुण्यं मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ | prāpnuyātsakalaṃ puṇyaṃ modate divi devavat

Translation

Nachdem man (die Gottheit) mit Pañcāmṛta gebadet und nach rechter Vorschrift verehrt hat, erlangt man das ganze Verdienst und frohlockt im Himmel wie ein Gott.

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चामृत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + अमृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (पञ्चान्य् अमृतानि यस्मिन्/पञ्चामृतम्)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed/abluted (him/it)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriya (Gerund—prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘संस्नाप्य’ = स्नापयित्वा/स्नात्वा (having bathed/abluted)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Gerund—prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘पूजयित्वा’ (having worshipped)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = ‘विधानतः’ (according to rule)

• प्राप्नुयात्: may obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलम्: entire, complete
• सकलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुण्यम्)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त उपमानवाचक (similative adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garuḍeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity is bathed with pañcāmṛta; streams of white and golden liquids flow over the liṅga; lamps blaze; the devotee’s merit is visualized as ascent to a radiant heaven, rejoicing like a deva.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Svarga (divi)
• Garuḍeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and devotion expressed through abhiṣeka and pūjā convert pilgrimage into complete merit-bearing worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garuḍeśvara shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pañcāmṛta-snāna/abhiṣeka and then worship according to prescribed rules to gain full puṇya and heavenly enjoyment.