Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

श्रांतं पीठे समावेश्य कृत्वाभ्यंगं स्वपाणिना । कृतस्नानं च विधिवत्कृतदेवार्चनं मुनिम्

Transliteration

śrāṃtaṃ pīṭhe samāveśya kṛtvābhyaṃgaṃ svapāṇinā | kṛtasnānaṃ ca vidhivatkṛtadevārcanaṃ munim

Translation

ക്ഷീണിച്ച മുനിയെ പീഠത്തിൽ ഇരുത്തി അവൾ സ്വന്തം കൈകളാൽ അഭ്യംഗം ചെയ്തു. തുടർന്ന് വിധിപ്രകാരം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യിച്ച് നിയമാനുസൃതമായി ദേവാരാധനയും നടത്തിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• śrāntam: tired
• śrāntam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śrānta (श्रान्त प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (munim)

• pīṭhe: on a seat
• pīṭhe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (पीठ प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative Singular)

• samāveśya: having seated
• samāveśya: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√viś (विश् धातु) + ल्यप् (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) — ‘having seated/placed’

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त — ‘having done’

• abhyaṅgam: oil-massage
• abhyaṅgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhyaṅga (अभ्यङ्ग प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

• sva-pāṇinā: with his own hand
• sva-pāṇinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक) + pāṇi (पाणि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); कर्मधारयः (स्वः पाणिः)

• kṛta-snānam: who has bathed
• kṛta-snānam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत, कृ धातोः क्त) + snāna (स्नान प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (munim); तत्पुरुषः (कृतं स्नानं यस्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• vidhivat: properly
• vidhivat: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi-vat (विधिवत् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — ‘according to rule’

• kṛta-deva-arcanaṃ: who has performed worship of the gods
• kṛta-deva-arcanaṃ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत) + deva (देव) + arcana (अर्चन)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (munim); तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् अर्चनं कृतं यस्य)

• munim: the sage
• munim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (मुनि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Accusative Singular)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not in excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee seats the blind, tired sage on a low seat, massages his limbs with oil, and prepares him for a proper bath and orderly deity-worship; ritual vessels and flowers are arranged nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Śāradā
• Naidhruva (sage)
• deva (deity worship)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True hospitality supports a guest’s bodily rest and spiritual duties—helping a holy person complete snāna and devārcana is itself a meritorious act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vidhivat snāna (proper bathing) and devārcana (formal deity worship), facilitated through devoted service.