Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

रुद्राध्यायेन संस्नाप्य तमुर्वीपतिपुत्रकम् । विधिवत्स्नापयामासुः संप्राप्ते सप्तमे दिने

Transliteration

rudrādhyāyena saṃsnāpya tamurvīpatiputrakam | vidhivatsnāpayāmāsuḥ saṃprāpte saptame dine

Translation

റുദ്രാധ്യായം ചൊല്ലി ആ ഭൂപതിപുത്രനെ സ്നാപിപ്പിച്ച്, ഏഴാം ദിവസം എത്തിയപ്പോൾ അവർ വിധിപൂർവ്വം അവന്റെ സ്നാനസംസ്കാരം നിർവഹിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• रुद्राध्यायेन: with the Rudrādhyāya (recitation)
• रुद्राध्यायेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (रुद्रस्य अध्यायः)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + √स्ना (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: अव्यय-कृदन्त; ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त (gerund): 'having bathed/caused to bathe'

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• उर्वीपतिपुत्रकम्: the king’s son
• उर्वीपतिपुत्रकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उर्वीपति + पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (उर्वीपतेः पुत्रकः = the king's son)

• विधिवत्: according to the prescribed rite
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

• स्नापयामासुः: bathed (him) / caused him to be bathed
• स्नापयामासुः: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्ना (धातु) (प्रेरण/णिच्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: 'made (him) bathe')

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संप्राप्त (कृदन्त; सम् + √प्राप्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; (सप्तमे दिने इत्यस्य विशेषण)

• सप्तमे: on the seventh
• सप्तमे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रमवाचक

• दिने: day
• दिने: Adhikaraṇa (Locative/time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual attribution within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat (ritual bathing platform)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The prince stands or sits on a ritual platform as brāhmaṇas pour sanctified water from kalashas while chanting Rudrādhyāya; lamps burn steadily; the seventh-day completion is marked by a heightened glow and orderly gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Rudrādhyāya
• Urvīpati-putraka (Prince)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity joined to mantra recitation is presented as protective and auspicious, especially when performed with correct timing and procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it narrates a Rudrādhyāya-based ceremonial bathing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform a vidhivat (rule-based) ceremonial bath using Rudrādhyāya recitation, specifically noted here on the seventh day.