Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

प्रत्यहं च गवां क्षीरैर्द्विभारपरिसंमितैः । मधुद्रोणेन तल्लिंगं प्रत्यहं स्नापय प्रभोः

Transliteration

pratyahaṃ ca gavāṃ kṣīrairdvibhāraparisaṃmitaiḥ | madhudroṇena talliṃgaṃ pratyahaṃ snāpaya prabhoḥ

Translation

പ്രതിദിനം പ്രഭുവിന്റെ ആ ലിംഗത്തെ ഗോക്ഷീരം രണ്ടു ഭാര അളവിലും, മധു ഒരു ദ്രോണം അളവിലും സ്നാപിപ്പിക്കുക।

Word by Word

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + अहन् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time): अव्ययीभावः

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• गवाम्: of cows
• गवाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• क्षीरैः: with milk
• क्षीरैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन

• द्विभारपरिसंमितैः: measured as two bhāras
• द्विभारपरिसंमितैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + भार + परिसंमित (प्रातिपदिक; परि-सम्-मा (धातु) से क्त-प्रत्ययान्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषणम् (measured); तत्पुरुषः (द्विभारेण परिसंमित) क्षीरैः इति विशेषणम्

• मधुद्रोणेन: with a droṇa-measure of honey
• मधुद्रोणेन: Karana (Measure/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुद्रोण (प्रातिपदिक; मधु + द्रोण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (द्रोण-शब्दस्य प्रयोगानुसार), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मधुनः द्रोणः/द्रोण-परिमाणम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (लिङ्गम्)

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रत्यहम्: every day
• प्रत्यहम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + अहन् (अव्ययीभाव-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्नापय: bathe (it), perform ablution
• स्नापय: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रत्ययान्त (causative): "cause to bathe"

• प्रभोः: of the Lord
• प्रभोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

Speaker

A bodiless divine voice (continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmanātha at Setukṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (prabho/bhūpati addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests pour streams of milk and honey over the liṅga each day; measured vessels indicate ‘two bhāras’ of milk and a droṇa of honey; the sanctum glistens with white and golden flows.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga (Rāmanātha implied)
• Milk (kṣīra)
• Honey (madhu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Atonement is sustained practice—daily worship disciplines the mind and invites the Lord’s cleansing grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Rāmasetu’s Rāmanātha-liṅga worship setting (Rāmeśvaram sacral geography) is the implied locus.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily snāna/abhiṣeka of the liṅga with specified measures of cow’s milk and honey.