Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवं स्नात्वा विधानेन दत्त्वाऽर्घ्यं च महोदधौ । संपूज्य पुष्पगंधैश्च वस्त्रैः पुण्यानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

evaṃ snātvā vidhānena dattvā'rghyaṃ ca mahodadhau | saṃpūjya puṣpagaṃdhaiśca vastraiḥ puṇyānulepanaiḥ

Translation

So soll man, nachdem man vorschriftsgemäß gebadet und dem großen Ozean Arghya dargebracht hat, ihn vollends verehren mit Blumen, Düften, Gewändern und glückverheißenden Salbungen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नात्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having bathed’

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rule
• विधानेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having offered
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वान्त अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having given’

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• महोदधौ: in the great ocean
• महोदधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (‘महान् उदधिः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु) → संपूज्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having worshipped’

• पुष्पगन्धैः: with flowers and fragrances
• पुष्पगन्धैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (पुष्पाणि च गन्धाः च), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• पुण्यानुलेपनैः: with sacred unguents/anointments
• पुण्यानुलेपनैः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘पुण्यम् अनुलेपनम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Śiva to Devī (Pārvatī) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Samudra-tīra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, stands at the shoreline offering arghya with cupped hands; attendants arrange flowers, perfumes, cloth, and sacred unguents before the rolling waves.

Characters & Entities

• Mahodadhi (the great ocean)
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage culminates not only in bathing but in reverent worship and offering—gratitude completes purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The sacred ocean at Prabhāsa, treated as a worship-worthy presence within the kṣetra’s ritual landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna by rule, arghya to the ocean, and pūjā with upacāras like flowers, scents, cloth, and unguents.