Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

नानोपचारैर्विधिवन्मन्त्रपूर्वं युधिष्ठिर । धूपदीपार्धनैवेद्यैस्तोषयित्वा च धूर्जटिम्

Transliteration

nānopacārairvidhivanmantrapūrvaṃ yudhiṣṭhira | dhūpadīpārdhanaivedyaistoṣayitvā ca dhūrjaṭim

Translation

Ô Yudhiṣṭhira, après avoir vénéré dûment Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva) par de multiples offrandes, selon la règle et précédé de mantras—le satisfaisant par l’encens, les lampes, l’arghya et les offrandes de nourriture—

Word by Word

• नाना-उपचारैः: with various services/offerings
• नाना-उपचारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाना (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुषार्थः ‘नानाविधैः उपचारैः’

• विधिवत्: according to prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: according to rule)

• मन्त्र-पूर्वम्: preceded by mantras
• मन्त्र-पूर्वम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverbial): ‘मन्त्रपूर्वकं’

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः (Vocative), एकवचनम्

• धूप-दीप-अर्घ्य-नैवेद्यैः: with incense, lamps, arghya and food-offerings
• धूप-दीप-अर्घ्य-नैवेद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (धूपैः दीपैः अर्घ्यैः नैवेद्यैः)

• तोषयित्वा: having pleased
• तोषयित्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तुष् (धातु) → तोषयित्वा (णिच् + क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund); ‘तोषयित्वा’ = सन्तोष्य

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• धूर्जटिम्: Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)
• धूर्जटिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्जटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; शिवस्य नाम

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha Śiva-arcana

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal pūjā scene: priest/devotee before a Śiva-liṅga, arranging dhūpa, dīpa, arghya vessel, and naivedya plates; Yudhiṣṭhira as attentive royal listener in the narrative frame.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira
• Dhūrjaṭi (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes fruitful when worship is both heartfelt and performed according to dharma—mantra and proper offerings together please Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Revā Khaṇḍa context (Narmadā/Revā sacred geography), emphasizing Śiva-worship connected to that pilgrimage landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva-pūjā with mantras and upacāras such as dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), arghya and naivedya (food offering).