Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एभिर्मन्त्रैः समभ्यर्च्य पश्चान्मोद कजंशुभम् । नैवेद्यं च प्रदातव्यं ततश्चार्घ्यं निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

ebhirmantraiḥ samabhyarcya paścānmoda kajaṃśubham | naivedyaṃ ca pradātavyaṃ tataścārghyaṃ nivedayet

Translation

وبعد أن يُؤدَّى السجود والعبادة بهذه المانترا على وجهها، فليُقدَّم المودَكا المبارك نَيفيديا (naivedya) قربانًا؛ ثم تُقدَّم الأَرغْيا (arghya)، وهي سُقيا الماء للتبجيل.

Word by Word

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (plural)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (properly)
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having duly worshipped’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मोदकजम्: born of modaka (modaka-made)
• मोदकजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मोदकात् जातम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

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

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

• प्रदातव्यम्: should be offered/given
• प्रदातव्यम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), कर्मणि/विधेय (gerundive: ‘should be given’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextual predicate)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from that’)

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

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

• निवेदयेत्: should present/offer
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic instruction within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest/devotee performs Gaṇeśa-arcana with flowers and durvā; then places a plate of modakas; finally pours arghya water from a small vessel into a conch/hand-cup before the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Modaka
• Arghya
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is completed through both mantra and offering—devotion is expressed in speech (japa) and gift (naivedya/arghya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears inside a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this verse itself focuses on the Gaṇeśa worship procedure rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After mantra-worship, offer modaka-based naivedya and then offer arghya.