Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे नरो यावत्स्नापयेद्विधिपूर्वकम् । क्षीरेण मधुना वापि दध्ना वा शीतवारिणा

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe naro yāvatsnāpayedvidhipūrvakam | kṣīreṇa madhunā vāpi dadhnā vā śītavāriṇā

Translation

En ce tīrtha, tant qu’un homme accomplit le bain rituel selon la règle—avec du lait, ou du miel, ou du caillé, ou de l’eau fraîche—

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (स्थानवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — indeclinable adverb of place

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Neuter, Locative, Singular

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

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (Correlative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (परिमाण/कालवाचक) — indeclinable correlating adverb “as long as/so long”

• स्नापयेत्: should cause to bathe / should bathe (ritually)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) — Optative, 3rd person, Singular, causative

• विधि-पूर्वकम्: according to prescribed rule
• विधि-पूर्वकम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण — Avyayībhāva compound used adverbially

• क्षीरेण: with milk
• क्षीरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक निपात) — indeclinable disjunctive particle “or”

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अप्यर्थ) — indeclinable particle “also/even”

• दध्ना: with curd
• दध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (विकल्पार्थक निपात) — indeclinable disjunctive particle “or”

• शीत-वारिणा: with cold water
• शीत-वारिणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — Karmadhāraya compound; Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (specific name not stated in the excerpt)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a broad river-ford performs ritual bathing with attendants holding vessels of milk, honey, curd, and cool water; the riverbank has tīrtha markers and a small shrine in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (Revā context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship at a tīrtha is encouraged with sincerity and correct procedure, even using simple offerings like cool water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed “that tīrtha” within Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred geography) is the locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhi-pūrvaka ritual bathing/ablution (snāpana) using milk, honey, curd, or cool water.