Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । इममुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रं संगृह्यास्याश्च पुच्छकम्

Transliteration

aṅgulīyakavāsāṃsi brāhmaṇāya nivedayet | imamuccārayenmantraṃ saṃgṛhyāsyāśca pucchakam

Translation

अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत्। इममुच्चारयेन्मन्त्रं संगृह्यास्याश्च पुच्छकम्॥

Word by Word

• अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि: rings and garments
• अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुलीयक-वासाṃसि (प्रातिपदिक; अङ्गुलीयक + वासस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (rings and garments)

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• निवेदयेत्: should offer/present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg. opt.)

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• उच्चारयेत्: should recite/utter
• उच्चारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative) ‘cause to be uttered/recite’

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• संगृह्य: having grasped/holding
• संगृह्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया-पूर्व)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-ग्रह् (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-आदेश)
• Form: ल्यपन्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक (having taken/holding)

• अस्याः: of her
• अस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन (of her/this)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• पुच्छकम्: tail (tuft)
• पुच्छकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुच्छक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa dialogue context; a Purāṇic narrator instructing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The donor offers a ring and garments to a seated brāhmaṇa; then, with solemn focus, holds the cow’s tail while beginning mantra recitation—altar items and riverbank visible.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa
• mantra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action is joined with mantra and honoring Brāhmaṇas, emphasizing both devotion and dharmic social duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is ritual-focused; it occurs within the Revākhaṇḍa setting connected to the Revā (Narmadā) sacred tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering ring and garments to a Brāhmaṇa, then holding the cow’s tail while reciting the prescribed mantra.