Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

भक्तिमाञ्छ्रद्धया युक्तः क्षीरैस्तीर्थोदकैरपि । सुसूक्ष्मैरहतैर्वस्त्रैर्महाकौशेयकैर्नृप

Transliteration

bhaktimāñchraddhayā yuktaḥ kṣīraistīrthodakairapi | susūkṣmairahatairvastrairmahākauśeyakairnṛpa

Translation

Wahai raja, sesiapa yang dipenuhi bhakti dan śraddhā hendaklah memuja dengan susu, juga dengan air suci tīrtha, serta dengan pakaian baharu yang sangat halus, belum dipotong—termasuk kain sutera kausheya yang mulia.

Word by Word

• भक्तिमान्: devout, possessing devotion
• भक्तिमान्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (possessive adjective)

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• युक्तः: endowed/connected (with)
• युक्तः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

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

• तीर्थोदकैः: with holy-water
• तीर्थोदकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थस्य उदकम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-भाव

• सुसूक्ष्मैः: with very fine (ones)
• सुसूक्ष्मैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + सूक्ष्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• अहतैः: unbeaten/new (cloth)
• अहतैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• महाकौशेयकैः: with great silk-cloths
• महाकौशेयकैः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + कौशेयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (महान् कौशेयकः), विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (addressed as nṛpa, Bhārata)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a riverbank shrine prepares abhiṣeka with milk and tīrtha-water; folded new silk garments are offered beside a lamp and flowers; the setting suggests the Revā’s calm flow.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha-udaka
• Milk (kṣīra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer offerings gain true value when supported by inner qualities—bhakti and śraddhā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The use of tīrtha-water points to the Narmadā/Devatīrtha ritual context of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship using milk, sacred tīrtha-water, and offerings of fine new garments, including high-quality silk cloth.