Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

गुग्गुलोत्थं ततो धूपं नैवेद्यं घारिकात्मकम् । जातीफलेन चार्घ्यं च तदेव प्राशनं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

guggulotthaṃ tato dhūpaṃ naivedyaṃ ghārikātmakam | jātīphalena cārghyaṃ ca tadeva prāśanaṃ smṛtam

Translation

ثم تُقدَّم بخورٌ مصنوعٌ من الغُغّولو، ويكون النَّيفيديا من مُحضَّرات الغهاريكا، ويُجعل الأَرغْيا بجوزة الطيب. وتُعلَّم هذه التقدمة نفسها أن تُؤكَل بوصفها برسادًا.

Word by Word

• गुग्गुल-उत्थम्: arising from guggulu
• गुग्गुल-उत्थम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुग्गुलु (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्थ (कृदन्त; √स्था (तिष्ठति) + क्त, उपसर्ग उद्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (गुग्गुलोः उत्थम्)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana/Sequence (Context/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• धूपम्: incense
• धूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• घारिक-आत्मकम्: consisting of ghārikā-cakes
• घारिक-आत्मकम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घारिका (प्रातिपदिक) + आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (घारिकायाः आत्मकम् = consisting of cakes)

• जाती-फलेन: with nutmeg
• जाती-फलेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जातीफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (जाती + फल)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering (water/oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (प्राशनम्)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• प्राशनम्: (is) the eating/partaking
• प्राशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक; √अश् (अश्नाति) + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• स्मृतम्: is said/considered
• स्मृतम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्मृत (कृदन्त; √स्मृ (स्मरणे) + क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-भाव (predicative: 'is said/considered')

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up of a pūjā arrangement: a smoking guggulu incense burner, a plate of ghārikā sweets, and a small arghya vessel with nutmeg; priest/devotee hands offering toward a Śiva-Devī icon.

Characters & Entities

• Guggulu
• Dhūpa
• Naivedya
• Ghārikā
• Jātīphala
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and devotion are expressed through carefully chosen offerings, culminating in receiving the deity’s grace as prasāda.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual belongs to a Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya setting; this verse itself does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer guggulu incense, give ghārikā as naivedya, prepare arghya with nutmeg, and then partake of the consecrated offering.