Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

स्नानाद्यैर्विधिवत्तत्र तद्दिने शिवसन्निधौ । हिरण्यं वृषभं धेनुं भूमिं गोमिथुनं हयम्

Transliteration

snānādyairvidhivattatra taddine śivasannidhau | hiraṇyaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ dhenuṃ bhūmiṃ gomithunaṃ hayam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น เมื่ออาบน้ำและประกอบพิธีตามบัญญัติแล้ว ในวันนั้นเองต่อหน้าพระศิวะ พึงถวายทานทองคำ โคผู้ (วฤษภะ) โคนม แผ่นดิน โคเป็นคู่ และม้า

Word by Word

• स्नानाद्यैः: by bathing and the like
• स्नानाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः—स्नान-आदि (bathing etc.)

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (दिने इत्यस्य)

• दिने: on the day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण

• शिवसन्निधौ: in Śiva's presence
• शिवसन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—शिव-सन्निधि (in the presence of Śiva)

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• वृषभम्: a bull
• वृषभम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• धेनुम्: a milch cow
• धेनुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• भूमिम्: land
• भूमिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• गोमिथुनम्: a pair of cattle
• गोमिथुनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + मिथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—गो-मिथुन (a pair of cows/cattle-pair)

• हयम्: a horse
• हयम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha with Śiva-sannidhi (unspecified shrine)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a temple courtyard by the river, a devotee offers gold and symbolic gifts (cow, bull, land deed, pair of cattle, horse) to qualified recipients while a Śiva-liṅga stands adorned; priests oversee the rite.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit at a sacred tīrtha is strengthened when bathing and charity are performed with proper ritual discipline before Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-tīrtha setting within Revākhaṇḍa (connected to the sanctity of the Revā/Narmadā region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) and rule-based rites followed by dāna of gold, bull, cow, land, a cattle-pair, and a horse in Śiva’s presence.