Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 101

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तेन विधानेन स्नानं कृत्वा यथाविधि । एवं तान्वाचयित्वा तु ततो विप्रान्विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

vedoktena vidhānena snānaṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi | evaṃ tānvācayitvā tu tato viprānvisarjayet

Translation

เมื่ออาบน้ำตามแบบแผนแห่งพระเวทโดยถูกต้องแล้ว และให้ท่านทั้งหลายสวดตามนี้แล้ว พึงน้อมส่งพราหมณ์ทั้งหลายกลับไปด้วยความเคารพ

Word by Word

• वेदोक्तेन: Veda-prescribed
• वेदोक्तेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of instrument)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वेद-उक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण; तत्पुरुष (वेदेन उक्तम्)

• विधानेन: by the procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-विधि (अव्यय/समास)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; क्रियाविशेषण

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाचयित्वा: having had (them) recite
• वाचयित्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + क्त्वान्त; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having caused to recite)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरवाचक

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karman (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विसर्जयेत्: should dismiss/send off
• विसर्जयेत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Revākhaṇḍa (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (implied)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After bathing, the patron sits with folded hands as brāhmaṇas finish chanting; he offers respectful farewell—dakṣiṇā cloth/coins, water for ācamana—then the brāhmaṇas depart blessing him.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Vipras (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and scriptural correctness are joined with social-religious duty: honoring learned brāhmaṇas and concluding rites respectfully.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context of the Revākhaṇḍa underlies these instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vedokta snāna, arranging recitations, and then visarjana—formal respectful dismissal of brāhmaṇas.