Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

पञ्चरत्नसमायुक्तं फलपुष्पाक्षतैर्युतम् । मन्त्रेणानेन राजेन्द्र दद्यादर्घं महोदधेः

Transliteration

pañcaratnasamāyuktaṃ phalapuṣpākṣatairyutam | mantreṇānena rājendra dadyādarghaṃ mahodadheḥ

Translation

O Herr der Könige, mit diesem Mantra soll man dem Großen Ozean Arghya darbringen — verbunden mit fünf Edelsteinen und begleitet von Früchten, Blumen und ungebrochenen Reiskörnern.

Word by Word

• pañca: five
• pañca: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-विशेषण (numeral adjective), समासपूर्वपद; here used as count qualifier in compound

• ratna: gem
• ratna: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• samāyuktam: joined/combined with
• samāyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√yuj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle used adjectivally

• phala: fruit
• phala: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• puṣpa: flower
• puṣpa: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (compound member)

• akṣataiḥ: with unbroken rice grains
• akṣataiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akṣata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• yutam: endowed with
• yutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (धातु) + kta (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘endowed/associated with’

• mantreṇa: by (this) mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; demonstrative ‘by this’

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (rājñām indraḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• argham: arghya-offering
• argham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: argha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• mahodadheḥ: of the great ocean
• mahodadheḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + udadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (mahān udadhiḥ); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator prescribing arghya-vidhi to Yudhiṣṭhira

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahodadhi-sannidhi (Sea-shore Great Tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-king at the sea-shore offers a shining arghya-vessel filled with flowers, fruits, akṣata, and five gems toward the vast ocean at sunrise; attendants hold ritual trays; waves glint like jewels.

Characters & Entities

• Mahodadhi (Ocean)
• Arghya
• Pañcaratna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha worship blends devotion and generosity: valuable offerings symbolize surrender and reverence toward the sacred waters.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The mahodadhi (ocean) at the Narmadā–Sāgara-saṅgama, approached with formal arghya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya to the ocean with pañcaratna (five gems) plus fruits, flowers, and akṣata, reciting the prescribed mantra.