Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

देवस्य पूरणं कुर्याद्घृतेन घृतकम्बलम् । स गच्छति महातेजाः शिवलोकं मृतो नरः

Transliteration

devasya pūraṇaṃ kuryādghṛtena ghṛtakambalam | sa gacchati mahātejāḥ śivalokaṃ mṛto naraḥ

Translation

Que cumpla plenamente la ofrenda prescrita para el Señor: un don colmado de ghee, acompañado de ghee. Ese hombre, resplandeciente de gran fulgor espiritual, al morir va a Śivaloka.

Word by Word

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

• पूरणम्: filling, replenishment
• पूरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• घृतकम्बलम्: the ghee-blanket
• घृतकम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• गच्छति: goes
• गच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• महातेजाः: of great splendor
• महातेजाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण—(सः/नरः)

• शिवलोकम्: Śiva’s world
• शिवलोकम्: Karma (Goal/गन्तव्यकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• मृतः: dead, having died
• मृतः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण—(नरः)

• नरः: the man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes the ghee-offering before Śiva; the narrative shifts to a visionary after-death ascent—radiant figure moving toward a luminous Śiva realm.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Śivaloka
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through properly completed offerings is said to culminate in attaining Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Śuklatīrtha-māhātmya context in Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completing the deity’s offering involving ghṛta and the ghṛtakambala gift; the stated fruit is Śivaloka after death.