Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

आच्छाद्य शतपत्रैश्च पूजयामास शङ्करम् । ययौ पानीयममलं यथावत्स समाहितः

Transliteration

ācchādya śatapatraiśca pūjayāmāsa śaṅkaram | yayau pānīyamamalaṃ yathāvatsa samāhitaḥ

Translation

शतपत्रैः पद्मैः पूजास्थानमाच्छाद्य स शङ्करं सम्यक् पूजयामास। ततः समाहितचित्तः शुद्धममलं पानीयं यथाविधि गत्वा पपौ॥

Word by Word

• आच्छाद्य: having covered
• आच्छाद्य: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-छद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (prior action), अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• शतपत्रैः: with hundred-petalled (flowers/leaves)
• शतपत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—शतं पत्राणि यस्य (शत+पत्र)

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

• पूजयामास: worshipped
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘आस’ सह परिप्रयोगः (periphrastic perfect nuance)

• शङ्करम्: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पानीयम्: water (to drink)
• पानीयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• अमलम्: pure
• अमलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) ‘पानीयम्’

• यथावत्: properly
• यथावत्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक अव्यय (adverb of manner: properly)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• समाहितः: composed, collected (in mind)
• समाहितः: Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् ‘सः’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A solitary ascetic decorates a small worship-spot with many hundred-petalled lotuses, offers them to Śaṅkara, then walks to a clear river edge and drinks pure water with calm concentration.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Citrasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a tīrtha, purification culminates in devotion—offering beauty (lotus) and worship to Śiva with a steady mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same divine sarovara setting in the Revā Khaṇḍa, shown as conducive to Śiva-worship and pure water.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Lotus-offering and Śiva pūjā, followed by taking pure water properly (yathāvat) with mental composure.