Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

वेदोक्तैः पञ्चभिर्मन्त्रैः सहिरण्यघटैः शुभैः । अक्षरैर्दशभिश्चैव षड्भिर्वा त्रिभिरेव वा

Transliteration

vedoktaiḥ pañcabhirmantraiḥ sahiraṇyaghaṭaiḥ śubhaiḥ | akṣarairdaśabhiścaiva ṣaḍbhirvā tribhireva vā

Translation

وید میں کہے گئے پانچ منتروں کے ساتھ، مبارک سونے کے گھڑوں سمیت؛ اور دس اکشر والے، یا چھ، یا تین اکشر والے منتروں کے ساتھ بھی (یہ کرم) انجام دیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• veda-uktaiḥ: prescribed in the Vedas
• veda-uktaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda + ukta (कृदन्त; √vac + क्त)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (वेदेन उक्तैः—Veda-prescribed)

• pañcabhiḥ: with five
• pañcabhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañcan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• mantraiḥ: with mantras
• mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• sa-hiraṇya-ghaṭaiḥ: together with golden pots
• sa-hiraṇya-ghaṭaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (सह/सहित) + hiraṇya + ghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (हिरण्यघटैः सह—together with golden pots)

• śubhaiḥ: auspicious
• śubhaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (ghaṭaiḥ इत्यस्य)

• akṣaraiḥ: with syllables
• akṣaraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• daśabhiḥ: with ten
• daśabhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśan (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (akṣaraiḥ इत्यस्य)

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Samuccaya/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Discourse particle (Nipāta/नipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; just/only)

• ṣaḍbhiḥ: with six
• ṣaḍbhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣaṣ (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (akṣaraiḥ इत्यस्य)

• vā: or
• vā: Connector (Vikalpa/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• tribhiḥ: with three
• tribhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tri (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम् (akṣaraiḥ इत्यस्य)

• eva: only
• eva: Discourse particle (Nipāta/नipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; just/only)

• vā: or
• vā: Connector (Vikalpa/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

Speaker

Deductively: Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Priests and pilgrims at the river’s edge hold shining golden pots (hiraṇya-ghaṭa), pouring water while reciting five Vedic mantras; beside them, inscriptions or symbolic glyphs indicate 10-, 6-, and 3-syllable mantra options; the water glows as sound-waves ripple outward.

Characters & Entities

• Veda
• Pañca-mantra
• Hiraṇya-ghaṭa (golden vessel)
• Daśākṣara/Ṣaḍakṣara/Trīakṣara mantras

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma harmonizes devotion with ritual precision—mantra structure and sanctified implements support the pilgrim’s rite.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha, now described with its mantra-based bathing procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna using five Vedic mantras, employing auspicious golden vessels, with mantra-forms of 10, 6, or 3 syllables as specified.