Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

संगृह्य चक्षुषी तेन योजयेन्मार्जयन्मुखम् । तिमिरादीनक्षिरोगान्नाशयेद्दीप्तिमन्मुखम्

Transliteration

saṃgṛhya cakṣuṣī tena yojayenmārjayanmukham | timirādīnakṣirogānnāśayeddīptimanmukham

Translation

ആ നീരാജന-പ്രസാദം ശേഖരിച്ചു കണ്ണുകളിൽ തേച്ചിട്ട് പിന്നെ മുഖം തുടയ്ക്കണം. അതിനാൽ തിമിരം മുതലായ നേത്രരോഗങ്ങൾ നശിച്ച് മുഖം ദീപ്തിമാനാകും.

Word by Word

• संगृह्य: having taken/collecting
• संगृह्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: ग्रह्, उपसर्ग: सम्

• चक्षुषी: the two eyes
• चक्षुषी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), द्विवचन

• तेन: with that (by it)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• योजयेत्: should apply/join
• योजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मार्जयन्: wiping/cleansing
• मार्जयन्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृज् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (Present Active Participle), परस्मैपद; प्रथमा एकवचन, पुंलिङ्ग (कर्तरि)

• मुखम्: the face/mouth
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• तिमिरादीन्: cataract etc. (darkness-like ailments)
• तिमिरादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिमिर + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास/‘etc.’)

• अक्षिरोगान्: eye-diseases
• अक्षिरोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षि + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अक्ष्णः रोगाः)

• नाशयेत्: should destroy/remove
• नाशयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच् (Causative) भावः

• दीप्तिमत्: bright, radiant
• दीप्तिमत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीप्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• मुखम्: face
• मुखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: river

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim/vratī addressed as practitioner

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes nīrājana before the deity, then reverently draws the lamp’s blessing to the eyes and wipes the face; the riverbank shrine glows in twilight.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred ritual grace is not merely symbolic; it is presented as a purifier that brings clarity (inner and outer) and radiance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named; the instruction reflects standard nīrājana practice within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s pilgrimage-temple culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After nīrājana, take the blessing and touch it to the eyes, then wipe the face—said to alleviate eye ailments like timira.