Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य श्रीखण्डेन च गुण्ठयेत् । शस्तैः पल्लवपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत्तु प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya śrīkhaṇḍena ca guṇṭhayet | śastaiḥ pallavapuṣpaiśca pūjayettu prayatnataḥ

Translation

പഞ്ചാമൃതംകൊണ്ട് ദേവനെ അഭിഷേകം ചെയ്ത്, ശേഷം ശ്രീഖണ്ഡചന്ദനം ലേപിക്കണം. ശ്രേഷ്ഠമായ പല്ലവങ്ങളും പുഷ്പങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് പരിശ്രമത്തോടെ പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चामृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (पञ्च + अमृत)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (him/it)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया—‘स्नापयित्वा’

• श्रीखण्डेन: with sandalwood paste
• श्रीखण्डेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीखण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (श्री + खण्ड)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• गुण्ठयेत्: should cover/anoint (wrap)
• गुण्ठयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गुण्ठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• शस्तैः: with excellent/auspicious
• शस्तैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• पल्लवपुष्पैः: with sprouts and flowers
• पल्लवपुष्पैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पल्लव + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वसमासः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• तु: indeed/then
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle)

• प्रयत्नतः: with effort, carefully
• प्रयत्नतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Deductive (Revā Khaṇḍa narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank shrine: the deity is bathed with pañcāmṛta from conch and vessels; sandal paste is applied; devotees arrange tender leaves and fresh blossoms in careful worship.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Śrīkhaṇḍa (sandalpaste)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through careful, pure offerings—ritual beauty supports inner reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Karoḍī Tīrtha’s worship-method is being described within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāmṛta bathing (abhiṣeka), sandalpaste anointing, and worship with select leaves and flowers.