Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

स्नात्वा चैव शुचिर्भूत्वा तिलामलकमिश्रितैः । वासोभिः सुमनोभिश्च दुकूलैः सुमनोहरैः

Transliteration

snātvā caiva śucirbhūtvā tilāmalakamiśritaiḥ | vāsobhiḥ sumanobhiśca dukūlaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ

Translation

غسل کر کے اور پاکیزہ ہو کر، تل اور آملہ سے ملے ہوئے مواد کے ساتھ؛ اور خوشگوار نذرانوں کے طور پر عمدہ کپڑے، دلکش ریشمی دوکول اور خوشبودار پھولوں سے (پوجا کرے)۔

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive); “having bathed”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic “indeed/just”)

• शुचिः: pure, clean
• शुचिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (pure/clean)

• भूत्वा: having become
• भूत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive); “having become”

• तिलामलकमिश्रितैः: mixed with sesame and āmalaka
• तिलामलकमिश्रितैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिल + आमलक + मिश्रित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, तृतीया; (instrumental plural) नपुंसक/पुं (contextual); तत्पुरुष-समास (तिल-आमलकाभ्यां मिश्रितैः)

• वासोभिः: with garments, with cloths
• वासोभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• सुमनोभिः: with flowers
• सुमनोभिः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; “flowers”

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• दुकूलैः: with fine cloths
• दुकूलैः: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुकूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; “fine cloth/silk”

• सुमनोहरैः: very pleasing, delightful
• सुमनोहरैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + मनोहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सु-मनः-हर) विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within Dharmāraṇyakhaṇḍa (deductively a Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee after bathing, hair still damp, approaches the Devī shrine with trays: sesame-āmalaka mixture, folded fine cloth (dukūla), and heaps of fresh flowers; the setting is a forest-kshetra with a small sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Dharmaputrikā
• Śrīmātā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity (snāna, clean attire) supports inner devotion; worship is to be performed with care and beauty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sacred milieu underlies the instruction; the verse itself is primarily procedural.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe, maintain purity, and offer garments, flowers, and fine cloth; use sesame–āmalaka mixtures as part of the worship materials.