Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

ततः प्रविश्य तद्वारि पीत्वा स्नात्वा च शांभवम् । तल्लिंगं स्नापितं पूजा विहिता कमलैः शुभैः

Transliteration

tataḥ praviśya tadvāri pītvā snātvā ca śāṃbhavam | talliṃgaṃ snāpitaṃ pūjā vihitā kamalaiḥ śubhaiḥ

Translation

ఆపై లోనికి ప్రవేశించి ఆ పవిత్ర జలాన్ని త్రాగి, శాంభవ విధానంగా స్నానము చేసితిని. ఆ లింగాన్ని స్నాపింపజేసి శుభ కమలాలతో పూజ నిర్వహించితిని.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb; thereafter)

• प्रविश्य: having entered
• प्रविश्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• वारि: water
• वारि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वारि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पीत्वा: having drunk
• पीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय; gerund/absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शाम्भवम्: Śaiva, belonging to Śambhu
• शाम्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शाम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (शिवसम्बन्धि)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• लिङ्गम्: liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्नापितम्: was bathed/washed
• स्नापितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (णिच्-प्रेरण + क्त-प्रत्यय; causative PPP) ‘स्नापित’ = ‘made to bathe/washed’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विहिता: was performed
• विहिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) from धा with उपसर्ग वि-; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कमलैः: with lotuses
• कमलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभैः: auspicious, beautiful
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) narrating (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhūpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee enters the enclosure, drinks from the sacred water source, bathes, then pours water over the liṅga in abhiṣeka; he offers bright lotuses arranged neatly at the base.

Characters & Entities

• Śambhu
• Śiva
• Śivaliṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent contact with sacred water and sincere Śiva-worship—especially abhiṣeka and lotus-offering—purifies and elevates the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A Śaiva sacred spot associated with holy water and a Śivaliṅga is implied, though the exact tīrtha name is not stated in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Drinking tīrtha-water, bathing (snāna), bathing the Liṅga (abhiṣeka/snāpana), and offering lotuses in pūjā.