Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

घृतेन विविधैर्गन्धैस्तथैवेक्षुरसेन च । तीर्थोदकेन संस्नाप्य सर्वान्कामानवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

ghṛtena vividhairgandhaistathaivekṣurasena ca | tīrthodakena saṃsnāpya sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

Translation

Dengan memandikan (arca suci) dengan ghee, dengan pelbagai wangian, demikian juga dengan air tebu, lalu memandikannya dengan air tīrtha yang suci, seseorang memperoleh segala hajat yang diingini.

Word by Word

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; करणम्

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• गन्धैः: fragrances/perfumes
• गन्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, बहुवचनम्; करणम्

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकार-बोधक-अव्ययम् (also)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphasis: indeed/just)

• इक्षुरसेन: with sugarcane juice
• इक्षुरसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु-रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (इक्षोः रसः = sugarcane-juice)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम्

• तीर्थोदकेन: with holy water
• तीर्थोदकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ-उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया, एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थस्य उदकम् = holy water)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (them)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले (having bathed/after bathing)

• सर्वान्: all
• सर्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम्

• कामान्: desires/boons
• कामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया, बहुवचनम्

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव+आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative: should obtain), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha-jala (used for Rukmiṇī-abhiṣeka)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ritual-seeking devotees/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence tableau: ghee poured in golden stream, fragrant paste and flowers offered, sugarcane juice shimmering green-gold, concluding with clear tīrtha-water cascading over Rukmiṇī’s image; devotees hold kalashas labeled ‘tīrtha-jala’.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha (sacred water)
• Rukmiṇī (implied from context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion using pure offerings and tīrtha-water is said to yield both spiritual merit and fulfilled aspirations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its associated tīrtha context within the Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka with ghee, assorted fragrances, sugarcane juice, and finally tīrtha-water.