Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

तर्पणं विदधुः सर्वे मन्त्रैश्च विविधैः शुभैः । सर्वे सर्वेश्वरं देव पूजयित्वा यथाविधि

Transliteration

tarpaṇaṃ vidadhuḥ sarve mantraiśca vividhaiḥ śubhaiḥ | sarve sarveśvaraṃ deva pūjayitvā yathāvidhi

Translation

सर्वांनी विविध शुभ मंत्रांनी तर्पण केले; आणि विधिपूर्वक देव सर्वेश्वराची पूजा करून (पुढे प्रस्थान केले)।

Word by Word

• तर्पणम्: libation/oblation (tarpana)
• तर्पणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• विदधुः: they performed/arranged
• विदधुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; agrees with ‘मन्त्रैः’

• शुभैः: auspicious
• शुभैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural; agrees with ‘मन्त्रैः’

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (repeated for emphasis/new clause)

• सर्वेश्वरम्: the Lord of all (Sarveśvara)
• सर्वेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; समास: सर्व + ईश्वर (तत्पुरुष)

• देव: O god / O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्यय (adverbial)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group performs tarpaṇa—water offerings with mantras—then worships Sarveśvara with orderly upacāras before moving onward on pilgrimage.

Characters & Entities

• Tarpaṇa
• Mantra
• Sarveśvara (Śiva)
• Pūjā
• Vidhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Proper ritual action—mantra, tarpaṇa, and orderly worship—expresses gratitude and sustains dharma under the supremacy of Sarveśvara.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting frames the practice; the verse emphasizes correct worship rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tarpaṇa with auspicious mantras and pūjā of Sarveśvara performed yathāvidhi (according to rule).