Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पंचामृतेन संस्नाप्य पूजयित्वा विधानतः

Transliteration

paṃcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ

Translation

ครั้นสรง (องค์เทวะ) ด้วยปัญจามฤต และบูชาตามพิธีอันถูกต้อง…

Word by Word

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—पञ्च अमृतानि (द्विगु)

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed (it)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√स्ना (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + ल्यप् → संस्नाप्य
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष-अव्यय (gerund) — ‘having bathed/washed (causatively)’

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु) + इत्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय) → पूजयित्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having worshipped’

• विधानतः: according to the prescribed procedure
• विधानतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्यय (adverb) — ‘according to rule/procedure’

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāseśvara (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests and pilgrims pour pañcāmṛta in streams over a black stone liṅga; white milk and golden honey glisten; lamps and incense smoke curl; orderly worship follows with flowers and bilva leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāmṛta
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity and correct procedure, offered with devotion, are honored as supports for inner reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra in the context of worship of Prabhāseśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāmṛta abhiṣeka and worship performed according to prescribed rules (vidhi).