Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

पूरयेद्घृततैलाभ्यां पलैर्विशतिभिस्ततः । सुतप्ते निक्षिपेत्तत्र सुवर्णस्य तु माषकम्

Transliteration

pūrayedghṛtatailābhyāṃ palairviśatibhistataḥ | sutapte nikṣipettatra suvarṇasya tu māṣakam

Translation

Then one should fill it with ghee and oil, measuring twenty palas; when it is well heated, one should place there a māṣaka-weight of gold.

Word by Word

• पूरयेत्: should fill
• पूरयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूर् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रयोजक)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative)

• घृततैलाभ्याम्: with ghee and oil
• घृततैलाभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + तैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), द्विवचन (Dual)

• पलैः: by (measures of) palas
• पलैः: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विशतिभिः: twenty (in number)
• विशतिभिः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine; as numeral), तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन (Plural); संख्यावाचक (numeral)

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb): क्रम/अनन्तर (thereafter)

• सुतप्ते: when (it is) well-heated / in the well-heated (state)
• सुतप्ते: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग) + तप् (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन (Singular); क्तान्त (PPP)

• निक्षिपेत्: should place/throw in
• निक्षिपेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि (उपसर्ग) + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• माषकम्: a māṣaka (a small weight/measure)
• माषकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माषक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dhanañjaya (Arjuna) in the surrounding address-frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vessel filled with ghee and oil is heated; a small measured piece of gold is held with tongs above the shimmering surface, ready to be dropped in.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is enacted through careful, measurable action—purity rites are not arbitrary but regulated.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on the rite’s method.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Fill the vessel with ghee and oil (20 palas), heat it, and place a māṣaka of gold within.