Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो भक्त्या भक्तियुक्तो जितेन्द्रियः । पञ्चामृतेन संस्नाप्य धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo bhaktyā bhaktiyukto jitendriyaḥ | pañcāmṛtena saṃsnāpya dhūpanaivedyapūjanaiḥ

Translation

Doon sa banal na tīrtha, sinumang may pagpipigil-sa-sarili at puspos ng debosyon, na sumasamba nang may bhakti—pinaliliguan (ang diyos) ng pañcāmṛta at pinararangalan sa insenso, handog na pagkain, at pagsamba—

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: there)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle: indeed/but)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकः (relative pronoun)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• भक्तियुक्तः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; भक्ति + युक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• जितेन्द्रियः: one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रियः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित-इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक; जित + इन्द्रिय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• पञ्चामृतेन: with pañcāmṛta (five nectars)
• पञ्चामृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च-अमृत (प्रातिपदिक; पञ्च + अमृत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• संस्नाप्य: having bathed/washed (him)
• संस्नाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘संस्नाप्य’ = स्नापयित्वा/स्नात्वा (having bathed/washed)

• धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः: with incense, food-offering, and worship
• धूपनैवेद्यपूजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप-नैवेद्य-पूजन (प्रातिपदिक; धूप + नैवेद्य + पूजन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; साधनसमुच्चयः

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into 72.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāmeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotee at riverside shrine performs pañcāmṛta abhiṣeka on a liṅga, with incense smoke and food offerings arranged; atmosphere of restraint and devotion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with self-mastery, expressed through reverent worship, is held to be especially meritorious at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Revākhaṇḍa (Narmadā/Reva region) is being praised; the verse continues a local pilgrimage instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pañcāmṛta-abhiṣeka (bathing with five nectars) along with dhūpa (incense), naivedya (food offering), and pūjā (formal worship).