Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

देवं संस्नाप्य मधुना पूरणं चक्रिवांस्तिलैः । तिलद्रोणप्रदानं च कुर्यान्मन्त्रमुदीरयन्

Transliteration

devaṃ saṃsnāpya madhunā pūraṇaṃ cakrivāṃstilaiḥ | tiladroṇapradānaṃ ca kuryānmantramudīrayan

Translation

ทรงสรงเทวรูปด้วยน้ำผึ้ง แล้วถวายปูรณะด้วยงา พร้อมทั้งสวดมนต์ ควรถวายทานงาหนึ่งโดรณะเป็นประมาณด้วย

Word by Word

• devam: the deity (Śiva)
• devam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• saṃsnāpya: having bathed (him)
• saṃsnāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+√snā (स्ना ‘to bathe’)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund) ‘संस्नाप्य’

• madhunā: with honey
• madhunā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• pūraṇam: filling/fulfilment (rite of filling)
• pūraṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• cakrivān: having performed/done
• cakrivān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘having done’

• tilaiḥ: with sesame seeds
• tilaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• tiladroṇapradānam: the giving of a droṇa-measure of sesame
• tiladroṇapradānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + droṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘तिलानां द्रोणस्य प्रदानम्’ (droṇa-measure of sesame)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ ‘to do’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; विध्यर्थः

• mantram: a mantra
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• udīrayan: uttering (reciting)
• udīrayan: Sahakriya (Concomitant action/सहक्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ud+√īr (ईर्/ईरय् ‘to utter/raise’)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि ‘uttering’ (कुर्यात् इत्यस्य सहक्रिया)

Speaker

Narrator (within Revākhaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests pour honey in a thin stream over a Śiva-liṅga; nearby are bowls of sesame preparations; a donor presents a measured vessel signifying a droṇa; mantra recitation is shown by a priest with raised hand and sacred thread.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Deva
• tila (sesame)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity joined with mantra and charity (dāna) is taught as a complete path of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region forms the background; the verse emphasizes the rite rather than naming a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform honey-abhiṣeka, offer sesame, and donate a droṇa-measure of sesame while chanting a mantra.