Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

विष्णोरराटमन्त्रेण स्नापयेद्गंधवारिणा । सौवर्णेन तु मंत्रेण अर्घ्यं पाद्यं निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

viṣṇorarāṭamantreṇa snāpayedgaṃdhavāriṇā | sauvarṇena tu maṃtreṇa arghyaṃ pādyaṃ nivedayet

Translation

「Viṣṇor arāṭa…」と名づけられる真言によって、香水にて（神を）沐浴させよ。また「Sauvarṇa…」の真言によって、アルギャ（献水）とパーディヤ（洗足水）を供えるべきである。

Word by Word

• विष्णोः: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णोः: Shashthi-sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अराटमन्त्रेण: with the Arāṭa-mantra
• अराटमन्त्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अराट + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अराटस्य मन्त्रः)

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लोट्/विध्यादेशार्थ, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त

• गन्धवारिणा: with scented water
• गन्धवारिणा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गन्धस्य वारि)

• सौवर्णेन: with the golden (mantra)
• सौवर्णेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• मन्त्रेण: by the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (water for worship)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• पाद्यम्: pādya (water for washing feet)
• पाद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• निवेदयेत्: should offer/present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु) + नि- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Vaiṣṇava upacāra within the mahatmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Viṣṇu image is bathed with fragrant water poured from a conch and kalaśa; attendants present arghya and pādya vessels; incense and flowers frame the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Honoring the divine through proper upacāras (courtesies) expresses humility and invites auspiciousness into one’s life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where such prescribed worship is said to be especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna with scented water, and offerings of arghya and pādya, each accompanied by specific named mantras.