Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अम्मयो भगवान्भानुरमुं यज्ञं प्रवर्तयन् । इदमर्घ्यं च पाद्यं च प्रगृहाण नमोनमः

Transliteration

ammayo bhagavānbhānuramuṃ yajñaṃ pravartayan | idamarghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca pragṛhāṇa namonamaḥ

Translation

O Bhagavān Bhānu, Inbegriff des Nektars, der dieses Yajña in Gang setzt — nimm diese Arghya-Gabe und dieses Wasser zur Fußwaschung an. Verehrung, Verehrung Dir.

Word by Word

• अम्मयः: consisting of nectar/ambrosial (epithet)
• अम्मयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भानुः: the Sun
• भानुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अमुम्: this/that (yajña)
• अमुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रवर्तयन्: setting in motion/initiating
• प्रवर्तयन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वृत् (धातु) → प्रवर्तयत् (कृदन्त-शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पाद्यम्: water for washing feet
• पाद्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रगृहाण: please accept
• प्रगृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-arghya (portable rite; often performed at ghāṭa/riverbank)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, the worshipper holds a vessel of water; the Sun appears as a radiant deity above the horizon. The altar has two offerings: arghya (water oblation) and pādya (foot-washing water), with the devotee bowing repeatedly (namonamaḥ).

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Bhānu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Treat Sūrya as Bhagavān and the very power that enables yajña; devotion is expressed through humble offerings and repeated salutations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is the universal rite of Sūrya-pūjā within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya (honor-water) and pādya (foot-washing water) to Sūrya while reciting a reverential acceptance-mantra.