Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10
स्नपनं देवदेवस्य दध्ना मधुघृतेन वा । यः करोति विधानेन तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु
snapanaṃ devadevasya dadhnā madhughṛtena vā | yaḥ karoti vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu
വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദേവാധിദേവനെ തൈരാൽ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ തേനും നെയ്യുംകൊണ്ട് സ്നാപനം (അഭിഷേകം) ചെയ്യുന്നവന്റെ പുണ്യഫലം കേൾക്കുക.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrthas)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Priests prepare three vessels—curd, honey, and ghee—before bathing the liṅga; a listener sits respectfully as the narrator says ‘śṛṇu’ (hear).
FAQs
Properly performed ritual devotion (vidhi-yukta pūjā) is celebrated as a powerful generator of puṇya.
The Saṅgameśvara confluence shrine context continues; the ritual is framed within that tīrtha’s māhātmya.
Śiva snapana/abhiṣeka using curd, or honey and ghee, performed according to prescribed rules.