Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

मृन्मये भाजने कृत्वा सवितुः पुरतः स्थितः । तन्दुलान्मंत्रयेच्छुद्धान्मन्त्रेणानेन धर्मतः

Transliteration

mṛnmaye bhājane kṛtvā savituḥ purataḥ sthitaḥ | tandulānmaṃtrayecchuddhānmantreṇānena dharmataḥ

Translation

Letakkan ia dalam bekas tanah liat, lalu berdiri di hadapan Savitṛ (Dewa Surya). Menurut dharma, hendaklah dia menguduskan butir-butir beras yang telah disucikan itu dengan mantra ini.

Word by Word

• मृन्मये: earthen
• मृन्मये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मृन्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — विशेषणम् (of ‘भाजने’)

• भाजने: in a vessel
• भाजने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन — “in a vessel”

• कृत्वा: having placed/done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), “having done/placed”

• सवितुः: of the Sun
• सवितुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सवितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन — “of Savitṛ (the Sun)”

• पुरतः: in front of
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — देशवाचक (in front of)

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — “standing”

• तन्दुलान्: rice grains
• तन्दुलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तन्दुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• मन्त्रयेत्: should chant over
• मन्त्रयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्त्रय् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “should recite/utter (a mantra) over”

• शुद्धान्: pure
• शुद्धान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — विशेषणम् (of ‘तन्दुलान्’)

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — “with/by a mantra”

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन — “with this” (referring to the following mantra)

• धर्मतः: according to dharma
• धर्मतः: Adverbial modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: धर्मतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकार/न्यायवाचक (according to dharma, duly)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), by Mahēśvarakhaṇḍa context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Savitṛ/Bhaṭṭāditya presence implied

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A practitioner stands at sunrise before a radiant Sun-icon, holding an earthen vessel filled with white rice, lips forming the consecration mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Savitṛ (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred speech (mantra) and cosmic witness (Sun) are invoked so that judgment aligns with dharma rather than human bias.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is the sanctified precinct connected with Bhaṭṭāditya, where solar-witnessed rites are said to manifest truth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Place rice in a clay vessel, stand before the Sun, and chant the prescribed mantra over the purified grains.