Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

शतरुद्राभिजप्तेन स्नापयेत्प्रतिमे जलैः । आगमोक्तेन मन्त्रेण संपूज्य गिरिजाशिवौ

Transliteration

śatarudrābhijaptena snāpayetpratime jalaiḥ | āgamoktena mantreṇa saṃpūjya girijāśivau

Translation

ശതരുദ്രജപംകൊണ്ട് പവിത്രീകരിച്ച ജലത്തോടെ പ്രതിമകൾക്ക് സ്നാനം നടത്തുകയും, ആഗമോക്ത മന്ത്രത്തോടെ ഗിരിജാ-ശിവന്മാരെ സമ്യക്പൂജ ചെയ്യുകയും വേണം।

Word by Word

• शतरुद्र-अभिजप्तेन: (with water) consecrated by Śatarudra-recitation
• शतरुद्र-अभिजप्तेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शतरुद्र + अभि-√जप् (धातु) (कृदन्त: अभिजप्त)
• Form: समास: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (“शतरुद्रेण अभिजप्तेन” = recited/enchanted with Śatarudra); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular qualifying ‘जलैः’ understood as “with water (so) consecrated”

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (the image)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) [णिच् causative: स्नापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — “should cause to bathe/should bathe (someone)”

• प्रतिमे: the two images
• प्रतिमे: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन — accusative dual (two images)

• जलैः: with waters
• जलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — instrumental plural

• आगम-उक्तेन: as stated in the Āgamas
• आगम-उक्तेन: Karana (Instrument qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगम + उक्त (√वच्, क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (“आगमे उक्तेन” = stated in the Āgamas); क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग तृतीया, एकवचन — instrumental singular qualifying ‘मन्त्रेण’

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular

• संपूज्य: having worshipped well
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त) — absolutive/gerund “having duly worshipped”

• गिरिजा-शिवौ: Girijā and Śiva
• गिरिजा-शिवौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिरिजा + शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: द्वन्द्व (इतरेतर) — “गिरिजा च शिवश्च”; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन — accusative dual

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator/instructor within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priest/devotee pours sanctified water over Śiva-liṅga or images of Śiva and Girijā; streams of water, bilva leaves, white flowers; Vedic recitation in the air; temple lamps glowing.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Girijā (Pārvatī)
• Śatarudrīya
• Āgama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is strengthened when worship follows scriptural mantra and disciplined ritual, honouring Śiva together with the Divine Mother.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse centers on Śaiva ritual procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform abhiṣeka to the images with Śatarudrīya-sanctified water and worship Girijā-Śiva using Āgamic mantras.