Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

एकादश्यां कृतस्नानो देव पूजापरो भवेत् । स्नाप्य पञ्चामृतेनैव ततस्तीर्थोदकेन च

Transliteration

ekādaśyāṃ kṛtasnāno deva pūjāparo bhavet | snāpya pañcāmṛtenaiva tatastīrthodakena ca

Translation

Le jour d’Ekādaśī, après s’être baigné, qu’on se voue au culte de la Divinité : qu’on baigne (l’icône sacrée) avec le pañcāmṛta, puis aussi avec l’eau sainte du tīrtha.

Word by Word

• ekādaśyām: on the eleventh (lunar day)
• ekādaśyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative of time)

• kṛtasnānaḥ: having bathed
• kṛtasnānaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृ धातु, क्त कृदन्त) + snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’; समासः—कृतं स्नानं येन (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः)

• deva: of the deity
• deva: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी) एकवचन (समासे पूर्वपद-सम्बन्धः)

• pūjā-paraḥ: devoted to worship
• pūjā-paraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक) + para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; समासः—पूजायां परः (तत्पुरुष)

• bhavet: should be / should become
• bhavet: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• snāpya: having bathed (again)/having performed bathing
• snāpya: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (स्ना धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) रूप; ‘स्नाप्य’ = स्नापयित्वा (causative sense: having caused to bathe/after bathing)

• pañcāmṛtena: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• pañcāmṛtena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + amṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः—पञ्चानाम् अमृतानां समाहारः (pañcāmṛta)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Avyaya (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Avyaya (Sequencer/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• tīrtha-udakena: with sacred water
• tīrtha-udakena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; समासः—तीर्थस्य उदकम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha (for tīrthodaka)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King) (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Morning Ekādaśī: devotee emerges from tīrtha bath, then priests perform abhiṣeka on the deity with pañcāmṛta poured from conch and kalasha, followed by clear tīrtha-water; garlands and lamps surround the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Ekādaśī
• Pañcāmṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (Ekādaśī) and sacred place (tīrtha) together intensify devotion when expressed through disciplined worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction belongs to the Vastrāpathakṣetra māhātmya, implying the local tīrtha-water is especially sanctifying.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ekādaśī bath, deity worship, pañcāmṛta abhiṣeka, followed by bathing with tīrtha-water.