Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

पञ्चगव्येन मधुना दध्ना वा शीतवारिणा । स च सर्वस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

pañcagavyena madhunā dadhnā vā śītavāriṇā | sa ca sarvasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

En baignant (le Seigneur) de pañcagavya, ou de miel, ou de lait caillé, ou d’eau fraîche, l’homme obtient, par ce culte, le fruit de tous les yajñas.

Word by Word

• pañcagavyena: with pañcagavya (five cow-products)
• pañcagavyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca + gavya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (pañcānāṃ gavyānām samāhāraḥ)

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

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

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पबोधक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• śītavāriṇā: with cold water
• śītavāriṇā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śīta + vārin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (śītaṃ vāri)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• sarvasya: of the whole
• sarvasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; विशेषण (of yajñasya)

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

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √āp (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests and devotees perform successive abhiṣekas to a Śiva-liṅga: pañcagavya, honey, curd, and cool water in gleaming vessels; the sanctum is fragrant and luminous.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcagavya
• Madhu
• Dadhi
• Abhiṣeka
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional abhiṣeka, even with simple sacred substances, can confer the merit traditionally associated with many yajñas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 179, where Gautameśvara is worshipped.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform abhiṣeka using pañcagavya, honey, curd, or cool water.