Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तेन विधानेन स्नानं कृत्वा यथाविधि । एवं तान्वाचयित्वा तु ततो विप्रान्विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

vedoktena vidhānena snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | evaṃ tānvācayitvā tu tato viprānvisarjayet

Translation

S’étant baigné selon la règle, conformément au procédé védique, et les ayant fait réciter ainsi, qu’on congédie ensuite les brāhmaṇas avec respect.

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तेन: Veda-prescribed
• वेदोक्तेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (वेदेन उक्तम्)

• विधानेन: by the procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-विधि (अव्यय/समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; क्रियाविशेषण

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाचयित्वा: having had (them) recite
• वाचयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having caused to recite)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विसर्जयेत्: should dismiss/send off
• विसर्जयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the patron sits with folded hands as brāhmaṇas finish chanting; he offers respectful farewell—dakṣiṇā cloth/coins, water for ācamana—then the brāhmaṇas depart blessing him.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and scriptural correctness are joined with social-religious duty: honoring learned brāhmaṇas and concluding rites respectfully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context of the Revākhaṇḍa underlies these instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedokta snāna, arranging recitations, and then visarjana—formal respectful dismissal of brāhmaṇas.