Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

वरो दत्तो महाभाग देवेनान्धकघातिना । तत्र तीर्थे तु यः स्नात्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्

Transliteration

varo datto mahābhāga devenāndhakaghātinā | tatra tīrthe tu yaḥ snātvā pūjayetparameśvaram

Translation

ହେ ମହାଭାଗ, ଅନ୍ଧକବଧକ ଦେବ ଏହି ବର ଦେଇଥିଲେ। ଯେ ଏହି ତୀର୍ଥରେ ସ୍ନାନ କରି ପରମେଶ୍ୱରଙ୍କୁ ପୂଜା କରେ…

Word by Word

• वरः: a boon
• वरः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दत्तः: given
• दत्तः: Kriya (क्रिया-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (given)

• महाभाग: O illustrious one
• महाभाग: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• देवेन: by the god
• देवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अन्धकघातिना: by the slayer of Andhaka
• अन्धकघातिना: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्धक-घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक; अन्धक + घातिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying देवेन)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed; and
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परम-ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक; परम + ईश्वर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛkuṭeśvara-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śiva as Andhakaghātin bestows a boon upon Bhṛgu; in the foreground pilgrims bathe at the ford and then worship a liṅga with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Andhakaghātin (Śiva)
• Parameśvara (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Śiva’s grace is accessed through tīrtha-snānā and sincere worship, continuing the Purāṇic model of devotion yielding boons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha is being praised; the adhyāya context points to Bhṛkuṭeśa and its associated bathing place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathing at the tīrtha (snāna) followed by worship of Parameśvara (Śiva-pūjā).