Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

अघोरेणैव तत्तोयं दद्याद्दिव्यस्य कारणे । पिबेदेतदुदीर्या प्रसृतित्रयमेव च

Transliteration

aghoreṇaiva tattoyaṃ dadyāddivyasya kāraṇe | pibedetadudīryā prasṛtitrayameva ca

Translation

Sa pamamagitan lamang ng mantra na Aghora, ihandog ang tubig na iyon para sa banal na ritwal. Habang binibigkas ang mantra, inumin din iyon—tumpak na tatlong dakot.

Word by Word

• अघोरेण: with (the mantra/name) Aghora
• अघोरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघोर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (प्रयोगे), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• दद्याद्: should give/offer
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• दिव्यस्य: of the divine
• दिव्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• कारणे: in/for the cause (purpose)
• कारणे: Adhikarana (Location/Purpose-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• पिबेत्: should drink
• पिबेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• उदीर्य: having uttered/recited
• उदीर्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्-ईर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive)

• प्रसृतित्रयम्: three handful-measures
• प्रसृतित्रयम्: Karma (Measure-object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसृति (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रयस्य प्रसृतिः)

• एव: only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive/emphatic)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from prescriptive, first-line ritual instruction sequence)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śaiva officiant before a newly established liṅga offers mantra-consecrated water, then sips three measured handfuls with focused gaze and folded cloth over shoulder; vessels, kuśa grass, and a small fire/diya nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Aghora Mantra
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated water empowered by mantra is both an offering to Śiva and a sanctifying sacrament for the devotee.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is mentioned; the verse describes a general Śaiva ritual practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer the mantra-empowered water with the Aghora mantra, and then drink three handful-measures while reciting.