Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सद्योजातादिभिर्ब्रह्ममयैर्मंत्रैश्च पंचभिः । परिगृह्याग्निरित्यादिमंत्रैर्भस्माभिमंत्रयेत्

Transliteration

sadyojātādibhirbrahmamayairmaṃtraiśca paṃcabhiḥ | parigṛhyāgnirityādimaṃtrairbhasmābhimaṃtrayet

Translation

ಸದ್ಯೋಜಾತಾದಿ ಐದು ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಮಯ ಮಂತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಭಸ್ಮವನ್ನು ಗ್ರಹಿಸಿ, ‘ಅಗ್ನಿ…’ ಎಂದು ಆರಂಭವಾಗುವ ಮಂತ್ರಗಳಿಂದ ಆ ಭಸ್ಮವನ್ನು ಅಭಿಮಂತ್ರಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• सद्योजातादिभिः: with (the mantras) beginning with Sadyojāta etc.
• सद्योजातादिभिः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सद्योजात + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; (सद्योजातादयः)

• ब्रह्ममयैः: consisting of Brahman
• ब्रह्ममयैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्ममय (प्रातिपदिक; ब्रह्मन् + मय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्रैः)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पञ्चभिः: by five
• पञ्चभिः: Visheshana (Numeral qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (मन्त्रैः)

• परिगृह्य: having taken/held
• परिगृह्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय-कृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकर्म (having taken/held)

• अग्निः: Agni (fire)
• अग्निः: Sambandha (Part of quoted mantra)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; (मन्त्रपाठे प्रथमपदम्)

• इति: thus
• इति: Quotation marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative)

• आदि: beginning with
• आदि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (मन्त्रैः) अर्थे ‘आद्यैः’

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• भस्म: ash
• भस्म: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भस्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• अभिमन्त्रयेत्: should consecrate by mantra, should chant over
• अभिमन्त्रयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śrī Rudra (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahāmune (unnamed sage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage consecrates ash with Pañcabrahma mantras; the ash is held in the palm, a small water-pot nearby, and a ritual fire symbolizes Agni as purifier.

Characters & Entities

• Sadyōjāta
• Mantra
• Agni
• Bhasma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer marks become spiritually potent when joined to mantra and right handling—ritual purity is completed by sacred sound.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage teaches a general Śaiva rite for preparing sacred ash.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consecrate bhasma using the five mantras beginning with Sadyōjāta and additional mantras beginning with “Agni…”.