Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

एष रुद्रायुतस्नानं करोतु तव पुत्रकः । दशवर्षसहस्राणि मोदते भुवि शक्रवत्

Transliteration

eṣa rudrāyutasnānaṃ karotu tava putrakaḥ | daśavarṣasahasrāṇi modate bhuvi śakravat

Translation

നിന്റെ പുത്രൻ ഈ ‘രുദ്രായുത-സ്നാനം’ ചെയ്യട്ടെ; അപ്പോൾ അവൻ ഭൂമിയിൽ പത്തായിരം വർഷം ശക്രൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ)പോലെ ആനന്ദിക്കും।

Word by Word

• एषः: this (one)
• एषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन; निर्देशार्थक सर्वनाम (demonstrative pronoun)

• रुद्र-अयुत-स्नानम्: ten-thousand Rudra-baths (Rudra-ablutions)
• रुद्र-अयुत-स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अयुत (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः; संख्या-विशेषणपूर्वक (ayuta=ten-thousand)

• करोतु: let him do / may he perform
• करोतु: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); परस्मैपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन (आज्ञार्थे/विध्यर्थे)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• पुत्रकः: son (dear son)
• पुत्रकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्रक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• दश-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: for ten thousand years
• दश-वर्ष-सहस्राणि: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (संख्या) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया; बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) कालपरिमाणवाचक

• मोदते: rejoices, delights
• मोदते: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); आत्मनेपदम्; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• शक्रवत्: like Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रवत्: Upamāna (Comparative modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (indeclinable of comparison: 'like')

Speaker

Contextual narrator/teacher within the chapter (instructional phala statement)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudrāyuta-snāna (observance)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young prince performs repeated ablutions—either bathing in a sacred pool or pouring water over a Śiva-liṅga—while priests count offerings; the scene conveys disciplined repetition and a blessing of Indra-like splendor.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• Śakra (Indra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity dedicated to Rudra is portrayed as granting long-lasting joy and prosperity aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it highlights a Rudra-oriented bathing observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rudrāyuta-snāna—an observance involving bathing dedicated to Rudra, framed as an ayuta (ten-thousand) rite.