Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन संस्नाप्य पूजयित्वा विधानतः । प्राप्नुयात्सकलं पुण्यं मोदते दिवि देववत्

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ | prāpnuyātsakalaṃ puṇyaṃ modate divi devavat

Translation

பஞ்சாமிருதத்தால் அபிஷேகம் செய்து முறையாக வழிபட்டால், எல்லாப் புண்ணியமும் கிடைத்து, விண்ணுலகில் தேவரைப் போல மகிழ்வான்.

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चामृत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + अमृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—द्विगु (पञ्चान्य् अमृतानि यस्मिन्/पञ्चामृतम्)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed/abluted (him/it)
• संस्नाप्य: Kriya (Gerund—prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘संस्नाप्य’ = स्नापयित्वा/स्नात्वा (having bathed/abluted)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (Gerund—prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘पूजयित्वा’ (having worshipped)

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = ‘विधानतः’ (according to rule)

• प्राप्नुयात्: may obtain
• प्राप्नुयात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/Potential), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सकलम्: entire, complete
• सकलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पुण्यम्)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Accusative), एकवचन

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण/Locative), एकवचन

• देववत्: like a god
• देववत्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त उपमानवाचक (similative adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Garuḍeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity is bathed with pañcāmṛta; streams of white and golden liquids flow over the liṅga; lamps blaze; the devotee’s merit is visualized as ascent to a radiant heaven, rejoicing like a deva.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Svarga (divi)
• Garuḍeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and devotion expressed through abhiṣeka and pūjā convert pilgrimage into complete merit-bearing worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Garuḍeśvara shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya (Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pañcāmṛta-snāna/abhiṣeka and then worship according to prescribed rules to gain full puṇya and heavenly enjoyment.