Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

कृत्वा तत्ताम्रजे पात्रे क्षौद्रेण चैव योजिते । ॐ नमः श्रीशिवायेति स्नानं देवस्य कारयेत्

Transliteration

kṛtvā tattāmraje pātre kṣaudreṇa caiva yojite | oṃ namaḥ śrīśivāyeti snānaṃ devasya kārayet

Translation

اسے تانبے کے برتن میں تیار کرکے اور شہد کے ساتھ ملا کر، “اوم نمہ شری شِوای” کا جپ کرتے ہوئے دیوتا کا اَبھِشیک (غسل) کرایا جائے۔

Word by Word

• कृत्वा: having done/made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: अव्ययभावे कृदन्त (gerund/क्त्वान्त), ‘having done/made’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ताम्रजे: in/into a copper-made
• ताम्रजे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ताम्रज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पात्रे: in a vessel
• पात्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• क्षौद्रेण: with honey
• क्षौद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction: and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: indeed/just)

• योजिते: when/with (it) mixed/combined
• योजिते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle, क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘(पात्रे) योजिते’—सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध

• ॐ: Oṃ
• ॐ: Sambandha (Mantric utterance/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ॐ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: मन्त्र-प्रणव (sacred syllable)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय (indeclinable interjection; traditionally from ‘नमस्’)

• श्रीशिवाय: to auspicious Śiva
• श्रीशिवाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (श्रीमान् शिवः)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरणसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle)

• स्नानम्: bathing (rite)
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवस्य: of the deity
• देवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done/should perform
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalhoḍī Tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira/Pārtha (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up ritual moment: a copper vessel held above a Śiva-linga, milk mixed with honey pouring in a golden stream; devotees chant “Oṃ namaḥ Śrīśivāya”; bilva leaves and flowers adorn the altar.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Oṃ namaḥ śrīśivāya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual action becomes spiritually potent when joined with mantra and proper sanctified procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Revā (Narmadā) Māhātmya material, emphasizing Śiva-worship practices associated with the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform abhiṣeka using a copper vessel, mixing the offering with honey, while chanting “Oṃ namaḥ Śrīśivāya.”