Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 92
Devanagari script
अष्टादशापि चतुरस्ततोन्यूनं न कारयेत् । पयो दधि घृतं चैव क्षौद्रमिक्षुरसं तथा
Transliteration
aṣṭādaśāpi caturastatonyūnaṃ na kārayet | payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ caiva kṣaudramikṣurasaṃ tathā
Translation
หรือจะจัดสิบแปด หรือสี่ก็ได้ แต่ไม่พึงทำน้อยกว่านั้น และพึงเตรียมน้ำนม นมเปรี้ยว เนยใส น้ำผึ้ง และน้ำอ้อยด้วย
Word by Word
अष्टादशeighteen
अष्टादश:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्टादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formद्विगुसमास-सम्भवसंख्या; नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचनम्; here accusative as measure
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्; also/even
चतुरःfour
चतुरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर् (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
Formपुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया बहुवचनम्; accusative plural (four)
ततःthan that/from that
ततः:
Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formतस्मात्-प्रभवम् अव्ययम्; ablative adverb: from that/than that
न्यूनम्less (than that)
न्यूनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootन्यून (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular used predicatively: less
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम्; negation
कारयेत्should not make/should not have done
कारयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
Formणिजन्त-धातोः विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः एकवचनम्; should cause to be done/should make
पयःmilk
पयः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; here accusative as item
दधिcurd/yogurt
दधि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; here accusative as item
घृतम्ghee
घृतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootघृत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; here accusative as item
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्; and
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम्; indeed/just
क्षौद्रम्honey
क्षौद्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootक्षौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; here accusative as item
इक्षुरसम्sugarcane juice
इक्षुरसम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootइक्षु + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमासः (इक्षोः रसः); पुल्लिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; accusative singular
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formतुल्य/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम्; likewise/also
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Characters & Entities
Ś
ŚivaP
Pañcāmṛta (implied)A
AbhiṣekaFAQs
Devotion is structured by dharmic order—numbers, materials, and minimum standards—so worship is complete and reverent.
No specific sacred geography is stated; the focus is on ritual prescriptions for Śiva worship.
Do not prepare fewer than four vessels (alternatives include 18); prepare liquids such as milk, curd, ghee, honey, and sugarcane juice for offering/abhiṣeka.