Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

शंखे तोयं समादाय रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम् । सफलं च ततः कृत्वा अर्घ्यं दद्यात्ततः परम्

Transliteration

śaṃkhe toyaṃ samādāya raktacandanamiśritam | saphalaṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā arghyaṃ dadyāttataḥ param

Translation

Prenant de l’eau dans une conque (śaṅkha) et la mêlant au santal rouge, puis y joignant des fruits, qu’on offre ensuite l’arghya, l’offrande d’eau révérencieuse.

Word by Word

• शंखे: in a conch-shell
• शंखे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having taken’

• रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम्: mixed with red sandalwood
• रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्तचन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्रित (कृदन्त, √मिश्र्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘रक्तचन्दनेन मिश्रितम्’ (instrumental relation)

• सफलम्: with fruit
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमसूचक (from/thereafter)

• कृत्वा: having prepared
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having made/done’

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should offer/give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: after that
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमसूचक (thereafter)

• परम्: next/afterwards
• परम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative), ‘afterwards/next’

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda instructing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a tīrtha-bank holds a white conch filled with water tinted by red sandal; fruit is placed nearby; the devotee extends the conch forward to offer arghya in a calm, dawn-lit setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Rakta-candana (red sandalwood)
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arghya is a gesture of honor and gratitude—offering back to the cosmic giver (the Sun) what sustains life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not identify the tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare arghya in a conch with water mixed with red sandalwood and accompanied by fruit, then offer it.