Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

दीपादनंतरं ब्रह्मन्नन्नस्य च निवेदनम् । त्रयोदश्या भक्तियुक्तैः कार्यं मोक्षपदस्थितैः

Transliteration

dīpādanaṃtaraṃ brahmannannasya ca nivedanam | trayodaśyā bhaktiyuktaiḥ kāryaṃ mokṣapadasthitaiḥ

Translation

يا أيها البرهمن، بعد تقديم المصباح ينبغي أيضاً تقديم الطعام قرباناً (نايفيديا)؛ وفي يوم ترايوداشي، اليوم القمري الثالث عشر، يقوم بذلك أهلُ التوجّه إلى مقام التحرّر بخشوعٍ ومحبةٍ تعبّدية.

Word by Word

• दीपात्: from/after the lamp (lighting)
• दीपात्: अपादान (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• ब्रह्मन्: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative/8th), एकवचन

• अन्नस्य: of food
• अन्नस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• निवेदनम्: offering/presentation
• निवेदनम्: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवेदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• त्रयोदश्याम्: on the thirteenth lunar day
• त्रयोदश्याम्: अधिकरण (Time/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रयोदशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• भक्तियुक्तैः: by those endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तैः: कर्ता (Agent, instrumental plural)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + युक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'भक्त्या युक्त' इति षष्ठी/तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be performed
• कार्यम्: विधेय (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (Predicative)

• मोक्षपदस्थितैः: by those established in the state of liberation
• मोक्षपदस्थितैः: कर्ता (Agent, instrumental plural)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्षपद + स्थित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'मोक्षपदे स्थित' इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hari (Viṣṇu) worship on Trayodaśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmin interlocutor (addressed as ‘brahman’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Trayodaśī evening pūjā: lamp already lit before Hari; next, a plate of food is offered, with devotees preparing to distribute prasāda to seekers of liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Trayodaśī
• Dīpadāna
• Anna-nivedana
• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through ordered worship—light and nourishment offered to the deity—supporting a liberation-oriented life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tirtha is named in this verse; it provides vrata-like procedural guidance within the māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After dīpadāna, perform anna-nivedana (naivedya offering of food), especially on Trayodaśī, with bhakti.