Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

ये स्नपन्ति विरूपाक्षं तेषां वासस्त्रिविष्टपे । मत्प्रसादाद्द्विजश्रेष्ठ सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्

Transliteration

ye snapanti virūpākṣaṃ teṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape | matprasādāddvijaśreṣṭha sarvadevānusevitam

Translation

جو وِروپاکش کو غسل کراتے ہیں، اُن کا ٹھکانہ تری وِشٹپ (سورگ) میں ہوتا ہے۔ میری کرپا سے، اے بہترین دِویج، وہ ایسا دھام ہے جس کی خدمت سب دیوتا کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• स्नपन्ति: bathe (someone)/perform ablution
• स्नपन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्नप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विरूपाक्षम्: Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• विरूपाक्षम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विरूपाक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• मत्प्रसादात्: from my grace
• मत्प्रसादात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of Brahmins
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्: served by all the gods
• सर्वदेवानुसेवितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + अनु-सेव् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, Past Passive Participle: अनुसेवित), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Virūpākṣa-tīrtha/shrine at Bhṛgukṣetra

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims bathe at the river and then pour sanctified water over a Virūpākṣa liṅga; above, a luminous vision of Triviṣṭapa with devas attending appears as a promise of grace.

Characters & Entities

• Virūpākṣa (Śiva)
• Triviṣṭapa
• Sarvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service to Śiva through sacred bathing (snāna/snāpana) yields exalted posthumous states and divine companionship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bhṛgukṣetra/Koṭitīrtha sacred region where Virūpākṣa is worshipped, as described in Revā Khaṇḍa 182.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna and/or ritual bathing (snāpana/abhiṣeka) of Virūpākṣa (Śiva).