Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन स्नपनं न तेषांगर्भवेदना । ये करिष्यंति मधुना सेचनं लिंगमस्तके

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena snapanaṃ na teṣāṃgarbhavedanā | ye kariṣyaṃti madhunā secanaṃ liṃgamastake

Translation

പഞ്ചാമൃതംകൊണ്ട് ലിംഗസ്നാപനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്ക് ഗർഭവേദന (ഗർഭബന്ധമായ വേദന) ഉണ്ടാകുകയില്ല. ലിംഗത്തിന്റെ ശിരസ്സിൽ മധു സേചനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർക്കും അതുപോലെ ശുഭഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (पञ्चानाम् अमृतानाम् समाहारः)

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नपनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• गर्भवेदना: pain in the womb/pregnancy pain
• गर्भवेदना: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्भ + वेदना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गर्भस्य वेदना)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• मधुना: with honey
• मधुना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• सेचनम्: sprinkling, pouring
• सेचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिच् (धातु) + युच् (प्रत्यय) → सेचन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक-नाम (act of sprinkling/pouring)

• लिङ्ग: the liṅga
• लिङ्ग: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मस्तके: on the top/head
• मस्तके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मस्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Narmadeya-liṅga (regional liṅga worship context)

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a small shrine, devotees pour pañcāmṛta over a polished liṅga; streams of milk/curd/ghee/honey/sugar-water flow into a yoni-base; a woman prays for safe pregnancy; lamps flicker and priests chant.

Characters & Entities

• Liṅga
• Pañcāmṛta
• Madhu (honey)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional ritual (abhiṣeka) is portrayed as compassionate dharma that alleviates suffering and grants well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The same Nārmadeya/Amarakantaka tīrtha context, now emphasizing liṅga-rituals performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka/snapana of the liṅga with pañcāmṛta, and honey-pouring (madhu-secana) on the liṅga’s top.