Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
यस्तान्वसूञ्छुचिर्भूत्वा स्नात्वा धौतांबरो नरः । तर्पयित्वा द्विजश्रेष्ठान्पश्चात्संपूजयेन्नरः
Transliteration
yastānvasūñchucirbhūtvā snātvā dhautāṃbaro naraḥ | tarpayitvā dvijaśreṣṭhānpaścātsaṃpūjayennaraḥ
Translation
من تطهّر فاغتسل ولبس ثيابًا طاهرة، ثم أرضى أكابرَ البراهمة بتقدمة التَّرْپَنة، وبعد ذلك عبدَ أولئك الفَسُو عبادةً تامّة—فهذه هي المراعاة الصحيحة.
Word by Word
yaḥwho (he)
yaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
tānthose
tān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural) — ‘vasūn’ इत्यस्य निर्देशः
vasūnthe Vasus
vasūn:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvasu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
śuciḥpure
śuciḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootśuci (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) — कर्तृविशेषणम्
bhūtvāhaving become
bhūtvā:
Kriya (Non-finite/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeKridanta
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया (having become)
snātvāhaving bathed
snātvā:
Kriya (Non-finite/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeKridanta
Root√snā (स्ना धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया (having bathed)
dhauta-ambaraḥwearing washed garments
dhauta-ambaraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootdhauta (√dhāv/√dhū? धाव्/धू धातु, क्त) + ambara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘धौतं अम्बरं यस्य’ इति बहुव्रीहिवत् प्रयोगः), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) — कर्तृविशेषणम्
naraḥa man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)
tarpayitvāhaving satisfied
tarpayitvā:
Kriya (Non-finite/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeKridanta
Root√tṛp (तृप् धातु) (causative: tarpay-)
Formणिच्-प्रत्ययान्त causative धातु ‘तर्पय-’ + क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having satisfied (by libations)’
dvija-śreṣṭhānthe best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
dvija-śreṣṭhān:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdvija (प्रातिपदिक) + śreṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘द्विजानां श्रेष्ठान्’), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
paścātafterwards
paścāt:
Kala (Sequence/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpaścāt (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (afterwards)
saṃpūjayetshould worship fully
saṃpūjayet:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsam-√pūj (पूज् धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)
naraḥthe man
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (Singular) — पुनरुक्त कर्ता
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Characters & Entities
V
Vasu (Aṣṭa-Vasu)D
Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)FAQs
Ritual purity and honoring dharma-bearers (brāhmaṇas) are presented as essential steps before deity worship in a tīrtha.
The ongoing rite belongs to Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in this chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.
Become pure, perform snāna, wear clean clothes, do tarpana/satisfaction offerings to brāhmaṇas, then perform complete worship of the Vasus.