Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

देवं संस्नाप्य मधुना पूरणं चक्रिवांस्तिलैः । तिलद्रोणप्रदानं च कुर्यान्मन्त्रमुदीरयन्

Transliteration

devaṃ saṃsnāpya madhunā pūraṇaṃ cakrivāṃstilaiḥ | tiladroṇapradānaṃ ca kuryānmantramudīrayan

Translation

Après avoir baigné la Divinité de miel, il accomplit l’offrande avec du sésame. Et, en récitant un mantra, qu’il fasse aussi le don d’une mesure droṇa de sésame.

Word by Word

• devam: the deity (Śiva)
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃsnāpya: having bathed (him)
• saṃsnāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+√snā (स्ना ‘to bathe’)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund) ‘संस्नाप्य’

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

• pūraṇam: filling/fulfilment (rite of filling)
• pūraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• cakrivān: having performed/done
• cakrivān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘having done’

• tilaiḥ: with sesame seeds
• tilaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tiladroṇapradānam: the giving of a droṇa-measure of sesame
• tiladroṇapradānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + droṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘तिलानां द्रोणस्य प्रदानम्’ (droṇa-measure of sesame)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; विध्यर्थः

• mantram: a mantra
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• udīrayan: uttering (reciting)
• udīrayan: Sahakriya (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud+√īr (ईर्/ईरय् ‘to utter/raise’)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘uttering’ (कुर्यात् इत्यस्य सहक्रिया)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests pour honey in a thin stream over a Śiva-liṅga; nearby are bowls of sesame preparations; a donor presents a measured vessel signifying a droṇa; mantra recitation is shown by a priest with raised hand and sacred thread.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Deva
• tila (sesame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity joined with mantra and charity (dāna) is taught as a complete path of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region forms the background; the verse emphasizes the rite rather than naming a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform honey-abhiṣeka, offer sesame, and donate a droṇa-measure of sesame while chanting a mantra.