Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

ततः श्रद्धार्द्रचित्तस्य स्नानं लिंगस्य चाचरेत् । गृहीत्वा गडुकं पूर्वं मलस्नानं समाचरेत्

Transliteration

tataḥ śraddhārdracittasya snānaṃ liṃgasya cācaret | gṛhītvā gaḍukaṃ pūrvaṃ malasnānaṃ samācaret

Translation

ထို့နောက် ယုံကြည်သဒ္ဓါကြောင့် နှလုံးသားနူးညံ့လာသူသည် လိင်္ဂကို ရေချိုးပူဇော်ရမည်။ အရင်ဆုံး ရေခွက် (gaḍuka) ကိုယူ၍ အညစ်အကြေးဖယ်ရှားသည့် သန့်စင်ရေချိုး (malasnāna) ကို ပြုလုပ်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• श्रद्धार्द्रचित्तस्य: of one whose mind is softened by faith
• श्रद्धार्द्रचित्तस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा + आर्द्र + चित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘श्रद्धया आर्द्रं चित्तं यस्य’ इति तत्पुरुषसमासः; सम्बन्धे विशेषणम्

• स्नानम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• आचरेत्: should perform
• आचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √ग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• गडुकम्: a water-pot (small vessel)
• गडुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गडुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूर्वम्: first
• पूर्वम्: Avyaya (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्व (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मलस्नानम्: cleansing bath (removal of impurities)
• मलस्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (‘मलस्य स्नानम्’/‘मल-शोधन-स्नानम्’)

• समाचरेत्: should duly perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa) addressed in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee with moist-eyed faith holds a gaḍuka, first rinsing and cleansing the liṅga base and surroundings (malasnāna), then preparing for a fuller abhiṣeka; water streams glint in lamplight.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva-liṅga
• Gaḍuka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

External cleansing becomes meaningful when performed with śraddhā—faith that purifies the heart along with the rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a procedural instruction for liṅga-abhiṣeka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Begin liṅga bathing by first performing malasnāna (a cleansing wash) using a water vessel (gaḍuka).