Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

धूपं दद्यात्ततश्चैव कर्पूरं श्रद्धया सह । रक्तसूत्रेण दीपं च घृतेन परिकल्पयेत्

Transliteration

dhūpaṃ dadyāttataścaiva karpūraṃ śraddhayā saha | raktasūtreṇa dīpaṃ ca ghṛtena parikalpayet

Translation

Dann soll man in gläubiger Hingabe Räucherwerk und Kampfer darbringen; und eine Lampe mit rotem Faden-Docht bereiten, genährt mit Ghee.

Word by Word

• धूपम्: incense
• धूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/indeed)

• कर्पूरम्: camphor
• कर्पूरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• श्रद्धया: with faith
• श्रद्धया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition meaning 'with')

• रक्तसूत्रेण: with a red thread
• रक्तसूत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रक्तस्य सूत्रम्)

• दीपम्: lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

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

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• परिकल्पयेत्: should arrange/prepare
• परिकल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in a temple precinct prepares a ghee lamp with a red wick, while incense smoke curls upward and camphor is readied for offering before a Devī/Śaiva icon.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer offerings become meaningful when energized by śraddhā; ritual objects serve devotion and attentiveness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is procedural within the tīrtha-oriented chapter; it does not specify a named site in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer dhūpa and camphor; prepare a ghee lamp with a red wick-thread.