Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

स्नापयामास दुग्धेन गव्येन त्रिपुरान्तकम् । तंदुलैः पूरणं पश्चात्कृतं लिङ्गस्य शूलिनः

Transliteration

snāpayāmāsa dugdhena gavyena tripurāntakam | taṃdulaiḥ pūraṇaṃ paścātkṛtaṃ liṅgasya śūlinaḥ

Translation

Dia memandikan Tripurāntaka (Śiva) dengan susu lembu. Sesudah itu, dia mempersembahkan tandula, yakni butir beras, sebagai oblation pelengkap kepada liṅga Tuhan Pemegang Triśūla.

Word by Word

• स्नापयामास: bathed (caused to be bathed)
• स्नापयामास: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) → स्नापय (णिच्)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/पर्फेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative) — 'caused to bathe'

• दुग्धेन: with milk
• दुग्धेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• गव्येन: cow(-derived)
• गव्येन: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; दुग्धेन इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (गोसम्बन्धि)

• त्रिपुरान्तकम्: Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• त्रिपुरान्तकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः'—शिवस्य नाम

• तण्डुलैः: with rice grains
• तण्डुलैः: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• पूरणम्: filling/covering
• पूरणम्: Karma (Object/Result)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'filling/covering'

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: afterwards)

• कृतम्: was done
• कृतम्: Kriya (Predicate/Passive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'was done'

• लिङ्गस्य: of the liṅga
• लिङ्गस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शूलिनः: of Śūlin (Śiva, the trident-bearer)
• शूलिनः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; शिवस्य विशेषण/नाम

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest/devotee pours white cow’s milk over a dark stone liṅga; the milk streams down into the yoni-pīṭha; afterward, a mound or scattering of rice grains is offered at the base, with bilva leaves and lamps nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka
• Śiva
• Śūlin
• Liṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pure offerings made with devotion—abhiṣeka and food-oblation—are upheld as direct means to please Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape is the broader frame; the verse itself emphasizes liṅga-worship rather than a single named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform abhiṣeka with cow’s milk and then offer rice-grains (taṇḍula pūraṇa/naivedya) to the Śiva-liṅga.