Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

स्नपनं देवदेवस्य दध्ना मधुघृतेन वा । यः करोति विधानेन तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

snapanaṃ devadevasya dadhnā madhughṛtena vā | yaḥ karoti vidhānena tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Ouve o fruto meritório daquele que, segundo o rito, realiza o banho ritual (abhiṣeka) do Deus dos deuses com coalhada, ou com mel e ghee.

Word by Word

• स्नपनम्: bathing/ablution
• स्नपनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नपन (प्रातिपदिक; √स्ना ‘to bathe’ से भाव/करण-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (देवानां देवः)

• दध्ना: with curd
• दध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मधुघृतेन: with honey and ghee
• मधुघृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (मधु च घृतं च)

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• विधानेन: according to rule/ritual procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यफलम्: meritorious fruit/result
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (पुण्यं फलम्)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced: Āvantya Khaṇḍa narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests prepare three vessels—curd, honey, and ghee—before bathing the liṅga; a listener sits respectfully as the narrator says ‘śṛṇu’ (hear).

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deva (Śiva)
• Abhiṣeka (snapana)
• Dadhi
• Madhu
• Ghṛta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly performed ritual devotion (vidhi-yukta pūjā) is celebrated as a powerful generator of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Saṅgameśvara confluence shrine context continues; the ritual is framed within that tīrtha’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śiva snapana/abhiṣeka using curd, or honey and ghee, performed according to prescribed rules.