Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

स्नापयामास दुग्धेन गव्येन त्रिपुरान्तकम् । तंदुलैः पूरणं पश्चात्कृतं लिङ्गस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

snāpayāmāsa dugdhena gavyena tripurāntakam | taṃdulaiḥ pūraṇaṃ paścātkṛtaṃ liṅgasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

Il baigna Tripurāntaka avec du lait de vache; ensuite il accomplit l’offrande de grains de riz, en comblement et oblation, au liṅga du Seigneur au trident.

Word by Word

• स्नापयामास: bathed (caused to be bathed)
• स्नापयामास: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नापय (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/पर्फेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative) — 'caused to bathe'

• दुग्धेन: with milk
• दुग्धेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गव्येन: cow(-derived)
• गव्येन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; दुग्धेन इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (गोसम्बन्धि)

• त्रिपुरान्तकम्: Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• त्रिपुरान्तकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः'—शिवस्य नाम

• तण्डुलैः: with rice grains
• तण्डुलैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पूरणम्: filling/covering
• पूरणम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'filling/covering'

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/Passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'was done'

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शूलिनः: of Śūlin (Śiva, the trident-bearer)
• शूलिनः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; शिवस्य विशेषण/नाम

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest/devotee pours white cow’s milk over a dark stone liṅga; the milk streams down into the yoni-pīṭha; afterward, a mound or scattering of rice grains is offered at the base, with bilva leaves and lamps nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka
• Śiva
• Śūlin
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure offerings made with devotion—abhiṣeka and food-oblation—are upheld as direct means to please Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is the broader frame; the verse itself emphasizes liṅga-worship rather than a single named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform abhiṣeka with cow’s milk and then offer rice-grains (taṇḍula pūraṇa/naivedya) to the Śiva-liṅga.