Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

नित्यं त्रिषवणस्नायी जपन्देवं सनातनम् । पूजयंश्च महादेवं कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः

Transliteration

nityaṃ triṣavaṇasnāyī japandevaṃ sanātanam | pūjayaṃśca mahādevaṃ kṛcchracāndrāyaṇādibhiḥ

Translation

അദ്ദേഹം നിത്യവും ത്രിസന്ധ്യാസ്നാനം ചെയ്ത് സനാതന ദേവനെ ജപിക്കുകയും മഹാദേവനെ പൂജിക്കുകയും ചെയ്ത് കൃച്ഛ്ര-ചാന്ദ്രായണാദി കഠിനവ്രതങ്ങൾ അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावे प्रयुक्तम्; क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative)

• त्रिषवणस्नायी: one who bathes at the three daily rites
• त्रिषवणस्नायी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि + सवण + स्नायिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—त्रिषु सवनेषु स्नायी (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः); कर्तृविशेषणम्

• जपन्: chanting
• जपन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

• देवम्: the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• सनातनम्: eternal
• सनातनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; देवम्-विशेषणम्

• पूजयन्: worshipping
• पूजयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

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

• महादेवम्: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• महादेवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः—महान् देवः (कर्मधारयः)

• कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः: by (means of) Kṛcchra, Cāndrāyaṇa and other (vows)
• कृच्छ्रचान्द्रायणादिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृच्छ्र + चान्द्रायण + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः—कृच्छ्र(व्रत) + चान्द्रायण(व्रत) (द्वन्द्वः) + आदि; करणवाचक (instrumental)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Āṅgirasa-tīrtha (practice-source of sanctity)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Aṅgirā performs tri-sandhyā snāna, sits for japa of the Eternal Deity, and offers worship to a Śiva-liṅga; austerity symbols (simple cloth, matted hair, kamandalu) and a small altar appear.

Characters & Entities

• Mahādeva
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady daily discipline—snāna, japa, and Śiva-pūjā—supported by vrata, is praised as a direct path to divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to the Revā Khaṇḍa and leads into the glorification of Aṅgiras Tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Triṣavaṇa bathing, japa of the Eternal Deity, and worship of Śiva, along with austerities like Kṛcchra and Cāndrāyaṇa.