Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

ततः सुवासितैस्तोयैः सर्वोषधिसमन्वितैः । शेषोदकैः स्वर्णघटैः स्नानं देवस्य कारयेत्

Transliteration

tataḥ suvāsitaistoyaiḥ sarvoṣadhisamanvitaiḥ | śeṣodakaiḥ svarṇaghaṭaiḥ snānaṃ devasya kārayet

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം സുഗന്ധിതമായ ജലത്തിൽ സർവ്വ ഔഷധികളും ചേർത്ത്, ശേഷിക്കുന്ന പുണ്യജലം സ്വർണ്ണഘടങ്ങളിൽ സൂക്ഷിച്ച്, ദേവന്റെ സ്നാനം നടത്തണം।

Word by Word

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: ‘तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from that)

• सुवासितैः: well-perfumed
• सुवासितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-वासित (कृदन्त; √वास्/वासय् धातु)
• Form: विशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; पुं/नपुं समरूप (agreeing with तोयैः)

• तोयैः: with waters
• तोयैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन

• सर्वोषधि-समन्वितैः: endowed with all herbs
• सर्वोषधि-समन्वितैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + ओषधि + समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (सर्व-ओषधि-समन्वित = ‘all-herb-endowed’); विशेषण; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; पुं/नपुं समरूप (तोयैः सह)

• शेष-उदकैः: with the remaining waters
• शेष-उदकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (शेषोदक = remaining water); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वर्ण-घटैः: with golden pots
• स्वर्ण-घटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण + घट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (स्वर्णघट = golden pot); पुल्लिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing (rite)
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कारयेत्: should have (it) performed
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; अर्थ: ‘करवयेत्/कारयेत्’ (should cause to be done)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests perform abhiṣeka: golden pitchers (svarṇa-ghaṭa) pour scented, herb-infused water over the Deity; garlands, incense, and lamps surround; the ‘remaining waters’ are carefully preserved as sacred.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Careful, reverent worship—offering the best to the deity—forms a key expression of tīrtha-based dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse describes a worship procedure within a tīrtha setting; the precise location is not specified in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the deity’s bath (snāna/abhiṣeka) using scented, herb-infused water, ideally kept in golden pitchers.