Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

काश्यपेयाय वज्रांगतनयाय महात्मने । रुद्रभक्ताय सतिलमक्षय्योदकमस्त्विति

Transliteration

kāśyapeyāya vajrāṃgatanayāya mahātmane | rudrabhaktāya satilamakṣayyodakamastviti

Translation

কাশ্যপেয়, বজ্রাঙ্গের মহাত্মা পুত্র ও রুদ্রভক্তের উদ্দেশ্যে—তিলসহ এই অক্ষয় জল-তর্পণ প্রতিষ্ঠিত হোক—এই বলে সে ঘোষণা করল।

Word by Word

• काश्यपेयाय: to Kāśyapeya
• काश्यपेयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यपेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; Dative singular (to Kāśyapeya)

• वज्राङ्ग-तनयाय: to the son of Vajrāṅga
• वज्राङ्ग-तनयाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्राङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + तनय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वज्राङ्गस्य तनयः); Dative singular

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Dative singular

• रुद्र-भक्ताय: to the devotee of Rudra
• रुद्र-भक्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुद्रस्य भक्तः); Dative singular

• स-तिलम्: with sesame (sesame-containing)
• स-तिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव (तिलैः सह); Accusative singular used adjectivally

• अक्षय्य-उदकम्: imperishable water (libation)
• अक्षय्य-उदकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षय्य (प्रातिपदिक) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अक्षय्यं च तत् उदकम्); Nominative singular

• अस्तु: may it be / let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Imperative/benedictive sense: 'let it be'

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इत्यादि-उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced, Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative mode)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śakticchidra (in Kapāleśvara-sānnidhya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Skanda (contextually present in the surrounding passage)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a Śaiva tīrtha, hands cupped, pouring water mixed with sesame while uttering a formal dedication to a Rudra-bhakta recipient; Kapāleśvara liṅga and a nearby Devī shrine suggested in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśyapeya
• Vajrāṅga
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made with devotion to Rudra, especially sesame-water libations, are praised as enduring and spiritually fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing tīrtha setting of Adhyāya 33, centered on the Śaiva sacred geography around Kapāleśvara/Śakticchidra and Pātāla-Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Akṣayya-udaka: offering water with sesame (tila) as a lasting libation for a revered recipient/devotee.