Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

प्रातःस्नानं ततः सन्ध्यां कुर्याद्देवर्षितर्पणम् । देवानामर्चनं कृत्वा होमं कुर्याद्यथाविधि

Transliteration

prātaḥsnānaṃ tataḥ sandhyāṃ kuryāddevarṣitarpaṇam | devānāmarcanaṃ kṛtvā homaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

Translation

അവൾ പ്രഭാതസ്നാനം ചെയ്തു; തുടർന്ന് സന്ധ്യാവന്ദനവും ദേവ-ഋഷി തർപ്പണവും നടത്തി. ദേവാരാധന ചെയ്ത് വിധിപ്രകാരം ഹോമം ചെയ്തു।

Word by Word

• प्रातःस्नानम्: morning bath
• प्रातःस्नानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाव-समास (प्रातः कृतं स्नानम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• सन्ध्याम्: the sandhyā rite
• सन्ध्याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ध्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• देवर्षितर्पणम्: offering of libations to divine sages
• देवर्षितर्पणम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवर्षि + तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (देवर्षीणां तर्पणम्)

• देवानाम्: of the gods
• देवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• होमम्: fire-offering (homa)
• होमम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथाविधि: according to the prescribed rule
• यथाविधि: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial: according to rule)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn on the riverbank: the ascetic performs snāna as the sun rises; then stands in sandhyā posture with arghya; offers tarpaṇa with cupped hands; later worships a small altar and tends a homa fire with ladle and offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Sandhyā
• Tarpaṇa
• Devas
• Ṛṣis
• Homa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by discipline: sacred place (tīrtha) and daily dharma (nitya-karma) must be practiced together.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Narmadā tīrtha setting where such regulated worship and bathing are undertaken.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prātaḥsnāna, Sandhyā rites, deva-ṛṣi tarpaṇa, devārcana, and homa according to vidhi.