Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

गन्धधूपप्रदीपाद्यैरभ्यर्च्य परमेश्वरम् । शुद्धेश्वराभिधानं तु शिवलोके महीयते

Transliteration

gandhadhūpapradīpādyairabhyarcya parameśvaram | śuddheśvarābhidhānaṃ tu śivaloke mahīyate

Translation

Après avoir adoré le Seigneur Suprême avec parfums, encens, lampes et autres offrandes, le dévot est honoré dans le monde de Śiva sous le nom illustre de « Śuddheśvara ».

Word by Word

• गन्ध: fragrance
• गन्ध: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग (member in compound)

• धूप: incense
• धूप: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• प्रदीप: lamp
• प्रदीप: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासाङ्ग

• आद्यैः: and the like
• आद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural); “etc.”-sense; समासान्त (ending member)

• गन्धधूपप्रदीपाद्यैः: with fragrance, incense, lamps, etc.
• गन्धधूपप्रदीपाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + धूप + प्रदीप + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative), तृतीया, बहुवचन (instrumental plural)

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): “having worshipped”

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (masculine, accusative singular); कर्मधारय “Supreme Lord”

• शुद्धेश्वराभिधानम्: the name ‘Śuddheśvara’
• शुद्धेश्वराभिधानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष “the appellation/name ‘Śuddheśvara’”

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधानसूचक (particle)

• शिवलोके: in Śiva’s realm
• शिवलोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष “in Śiva’s world”

• महीयते: is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ “is greatly honored/glorified”

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śuddheśvara (at Śuddharudra-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee performs Śiva-arcana at a liṅga named Śuddheśvara, offering sandal paste, incense smoke curling upward, and bright oil lamps; a vision of Śiva-loka honor—garlands and attendants—appears symbolically.

Characters & Entities

• Parameśvara
• Śiva
• Śuddheśvara
• Śivaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple devotional worship—offering fragrance, incense, and light—leads to divine honor and recognition in Śiva’s realm.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Śuddheśvara sacred presence (a Śiva-linga/site) within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā-region tīrtha network.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā to Parameśvara using gandha (perfume), dhūpa (incense), pradīpa (lamp), and related upacāras.