Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततः प्रविश्य तद्वारि पीत्वा स्नात्वा च शांभवम् । तल्लिंगं स्नापितं पूजा विहिता कमलैः शुभैः

Transliteration

tataḥ praviśya tadvāri pītvā snātvā ca śāṃbhavam | talliṃgaṃ snāpitaṃ pūjā vihitā kamalaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

«Alors j’entrai, je bus cette eau sacrée et me baignai selon le rite śaiva (Śāmbhava). Je baignai ce Liṅga et j’accomplis le culte avec des lotus de bon augure.»

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; thereafter)

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शाम्भवम्: Śaiva, belonging to Śambhu
• शाम्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (शिवसम्बन्धि)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नापितम्: was bathed/washed
• स्नापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (णिच्-प्रेरण + क्त-प्रत्यय; causative PPP) ‘स्नापित’ = ‘made to bathe/washed’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विहिता: was performed
• विहिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) from धा with उपसर्ग वि-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कमलैः: with lotuses
• कमलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभैः: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee enters the enclosure, drinks from the sacred water source, bathes, then pours water over the liṅga in abhiṣeka; he offers bright lotuses arranged neatly at the base.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Śiva
• Śivaliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent contact with sacred water and sincere Śiva-worship—especially abhiṣeka and lotus-offering—purifies and elevates the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śaiva sacred spot associated with holy water and a Śivaliṅga is implied, though the exact tīrtha name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking tīrtha-water, bathing (snāna), bathing the Liṅga (abhiṣeka/snāpana), and offering lotuses in pūjā.