Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

तस्या स्नात्वार्चयेद्देवानुपवासपरायणः । श्राद्धं कृत्वा विधानेन पश्चात्सम्पूजयेच्छिवम्

Transliteration

tasyā snātvārcayeddevānupavāsaparāyaṇaḥ | śrāddhaṃ kṛtvā vidhānena paścātsampūjayecchivam

Translation

ครั้นอาบน้ำในสายน้ำนั้นแล้ว ผู้ตั้งมั่นในอุโบสถพึงบูชาเหล่าเทพ ครั้นทำศราทธะตามพิธีแล้ว จึงพึงบูชาพระศิวะให้สมบูรณ์ด้วยศรัทธา

Word by Word

• तस्याः: of her / of that (f.)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (6th/Genitive), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• अर्चयेत्: should worship
• अर्चयेत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• देवान्: the gods
• देवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• उपवास-परायणः: devoted to fasting
• उपवास-परायणः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उपवास (प्रातिपदिक) + परायण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समासः; पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (कर्तरि)

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal adverb/काल-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• सम्पूजयेत्: should worship fully
• सम्पूजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (specific ghāṭa implied by context)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Revā’s ghāṭa: dawn bath, then offerings to devas, a śrāddha setup with kuśa and piṇḍa, and finally Śiva worship at a riverside liṅga shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī
• Devas
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is completed through a dharmic sequence: bodily cleansing, devotion, honoring gods and ancestors, and culminating in Śiva worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instructions are given in the Daśāśvamedha-tīrtha context associated with Sarasvatī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna, upavāsa, deva-arcana, śrāddha (per rules), and then full worship of Śiva.