Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

स्वर्धेनुपयसा स्नाप्य दिव्यैश्चा मृतपंचकैः । भवश्चाथ भवानी च पूजयामास भक्तितः

Transliteration

svardhenupayasā snāpya divyaiścā mṛtapaṃcakaiḥ | bhavaścātha bhavānī ca pūjayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

Translation

Après avoir baigné le Seigneur du lait de la vache céleste qui exauce les vœux et des cinq nectars divins (pañcāmṛta), Bhava (Śiva) et Bhavānī (Pārvatī) l’adorèrent ensuite avec dévotion.

Word by Word

• स्वर्धेनुपयसा: with the milk of the heavenly cow
• स्वर्धेनुपयसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्धेनु + पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘स्वर्धेनोः पयसा’ (with the milk of the celestial cow)

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (him)
• स्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative) क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्-प्रायः अव्यय; अर्थः ‘स्नापयित्वा’ (having bathed/caused to bathe)

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

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

• अमृतपंचकैः: with the five nectars (pañcāmṛta)
• अमृतपंचकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘अमृतस्य पञ्चकानि’ (the five nectars)

• भवः: Bhava (Śiva)
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereupon)

• भवानी: Bhavānī
• भवानी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

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

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भक्तितः: devoutly
• भक्तितः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘भक्त्या/भक्तिभावात्’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā Kṛṣṇa-sannidhi (abhisheka-sthala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva and Pārvatī stand before Śrī Kṛṣṇa’s icon, performing abhiṣeka with celestial cow’s milk and pañcāmṛta; attendants hold golden vessels; the sanctum glows with lamps and incense.

Characters & Entities

• Bhava (Śiva)
• Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• Pañcāmṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) expressed through reverent worship and sacred bathing is honored, even when performed by the highest deities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, presented in the Skanda Purāṇa as a supremely meritorious sacred abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/abhiṣeka using pañcāmṛta (five nectars) and other divine offerings for worship.