Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88

Devanagari script

स्नापयेत्पयसा देवि आप्यायस्वेति मंत्रतः । दधिक्राव्णेति वै दध्ना स्नापयेद्विधिवद्रविम्

Transliteration

snāpayetpayasā devi āpyāyasveti maṃtrataḥ | dadhikrāvṇeti vai dadhnā snāpayedvidhivadravim

Translation

Hỡi Devī, nên tắm (Thần Mặt Trời) bằng sữa khi tụng thần chú “āpyāyasva…”. Và với sữa chua, quả thật, khi tụng “dadhikrāvan…”, nên tắm Ravi đúng theo nghi thức.

Word by Word

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe (cause to be bathed)
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लोट्/विध्यादेशार्थ (imperative sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त

• पयसा: with milk
• पयसा: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• आप्यायस्व: ‘be nourished/increase’
• आप्यायस्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप्याय् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• मन्त्रतः: according to the mantra
• मन्त्रतः: Hetu/Mode (हेतु/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘from/according to the mantra’

• दधिक्राव्णा: with the ‘Dadhikrāvan’ (mantra)
• दधिक्राव्णा: Karana/Name (करण/नाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि + क्रावन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दध्नः क्रावन्) मन्त्रनाम

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker (उद्धरणचिह्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय

• वै: indeed
• वै: Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• दध्ना: with curd/yogurt
• दध्ना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe
• स्नापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: लोट्/विध्यादेशार्थ, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Mode (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to rule’

• रविम्: the Sun (image/deity)
• रविम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ravi-abhiṣeka sequence)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (female interlocutor addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Sūrya icon receives a white stream of milk, then a thicker curd offering; vessels gleam, attendants hold cloth strainers and bowls; the scene conveys nourishment and sacred abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (Śiva)
• Ravi (Sūrya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings symbolizing nourishment and vitality (milk, curd) are sanctified through mantra and dharmic order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, as the authoritative locus for Sūrya worship instruction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform milk abhiṣeka with ‘āpyāyasva…’ and curd abhiṣeka with ‘dadhikrāvan…’ for Ravi.