Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

समभक्तं च देवानामादित्यस्यैव पाययेत् । सर्वेषां चोग्रदेवानां स्नापयेदायुधास्त्रकम्

Transliteration

samabhaktaṃ ca devānāmādityasyaiva pāyayet | sarveṣāṃ cogradevānāṃ snāpayedāyudhāstrakam

Translation

Qu’on offre aux dieux une part égale de la nourriture consacrée et, tout particulièrement, qu’on présente une libation à Āditya, le Soleil. Et pour toutes les divinités farouches, qu’on accomplisse l’ablution rituelle de leurs armes et de leurs astra, les traits sacrés.

Word by Word

• समभक्तम्: equally devoted
• समभक्तम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; √भज् से)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (समः भक्तः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• आदित्यस्य: of Āditya (Sun)
• आदित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• पाययेत्: should make drink
• पाययेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु) [णिच् causative: पायय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ्; परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• उग्रदेवानाम्: of the fierce gods
• उग्रदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (उग्राः देवाः); पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ्; परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (should cause to bathe)

• आयुधास्त्रकम्: weapons and missiles (weaponry)
• आयुधास्त्रकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्त्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (आयुधं च अस्त्रकं च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) speaking to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual platform at dawn: offerings arranged for multiple devas; a devotee pours arghya to the rising Sun; nearby, weapons (sword, bow, spear) are bathed and anointed before icons of fierce deities (ugra forms).

Characters & Entities

• Āditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is made complete by balanced offerings to the divine powers, honoring both beneficent gods and fierce protectors through proper ritual acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it focuses on ritual protocol within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering libations to Āditya and performing ablution (snāpana) for the weapons/implements associated with fierce deities.