Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ तस्य वाससी परिधापयेत् । संपूज्य गंधपुष्पाद्यैस्ततः पत्रं हिरण्मयम् । स्वशक्त्या कारयित्वाऽथ चूर्णे मुक्ताफलं न्यसेत्

Transliteration

prakṣālya caraṇau tasya vāsasī paridhāpayet | saṃpūjya gaṃdhapuṣpādyaistataḥ patraṃ hiraṇmayam | svaśaktyā kārayitvā'tha cūrṇe muktāphalaṃ nyaset

Translation

তাঁৰ চৰণ ধুই, বস্ত্ৰ পৰিধান কৰাব। গন্ধ-পুষ্প আদি দ্ৰব্যেৰে সন্মানপূৰ্বক পূজা কৰি, নিজৰ সামৰ্থ্য অনুসাৰে সোণৰ পাণপাত (তাম্বূল-পত্ৰ) সাজাই, সুগন্ধি চূৰ্ণৰ ওপৰত মুক্তাফল (মোতি) থ’ব।

Word by Word

• प्रक्षाल्य: having washed
• प्रक्षाल्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र-√क्षल् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having washed’

• चरणौ: (his) two feet
• चरणौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाससी: two garments
• वाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• परिधापयेत्: should clothe (him) / make (him) wear
• परिधापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-√धा (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘make wear’)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-√पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having worshipped’

• गन्धपुष्पाद्यैः: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• गन्धपुष्पाद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (गन्धपुष्पादिभिः) करण

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (sequence marker)

• पत्रम्: a leaf (betel leaf)
• पत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हिरण्मयम्: golden
• हिरण्मयम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्वशक्त्या: with one’s own capacity/means
• स्वशक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (स्वा शक्ति:) करण

• कारयित्वा: having had (it) made
• कारयित्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive), णिच्-प्रयोग; ‘having caused to be made/done’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/आरम्भसूचक (then/now)

• चूर्णे: in/onto the powder
• चूर्णे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• मुक्ताफलम्: a pearl
• मुक्ताफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ता + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुक्तायाः फलम्)

• न्यसेत्: should place
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√अस्/√स्य (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instruction to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa seated on a kuśa mat; the patron washes his feet in a bronze vessel, offers fresh cloth, then presents a golden betel leaf with fragrant powder and a pearl placed atop; flowers and incense surround.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Mahārāja (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification and merit arise when gifts are offered with honor (pūjā) and humility, according to one’s capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; the snippet itself focuses on the rite (vidhi) rather than naming a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Wash the recipient’s feet, offer garments and worship, prepare a golden betel-leaf, and place a pearl on fragrant powder as part of the offering.