Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

अगरुं च ततो भक्त्या धूपं दद्यात्तथा शुभे । नैवेद्ये गुणकांश्चैव नालिकेरेण चार्घकम्

Transliteration

agaruṃ ca tato bhaktyā dhūpaṃ dadyāttathā śubhe | naivedye guṇakāṃścaiva nālikereṇa cārghakam

Translation

Ensuite, ô dame de bon augure, avec dévotion qu’on offre l’agaru en encens. En naivedya, qu’on présente des douceurs guṇakā, et qu’on prépare l’arghya (eau d’hommage) avec la noix de coco.

Word by Word

• अगरुम्: aloeswood
• अगरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अगरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘thereafter/then’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Desha-Kala (Adverbial/देश-काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); ‘likewise/in that manner’

• शुभे: O auspicious one
• शुभे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; address

• नैवेद्ये: in the naivedya (food offering)
• नैवेद्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण) विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘in/for the food-offering’

• गुणकान्: sweet balls/cakes (guṇaka)
• गुणकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुणक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• नालिकेरेण: with a coconut
• नालिकेरेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नालिकेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental (with coconut)

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

• अर्घकम्: arghya offering
• अर्घकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; offering (arghya-material)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed as śubhe)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pūjā tray is arranged: smoking agaru incense, a bowl of guṇakā sweets, and a coconut-based arghya vessel; the devotee offers them before a shrine of Umā-Maheśvara/Ardhanārīśvara.

Characters & Entities

• Umā
• Maheśvara
• Arghya
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) sanctifies worship when expressed through proper honoring offerings to the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya context; this snippet describes tīrtha-based worship procedure rather than naming the site explicitly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer agaru incense, present guṇakā as naivedya, and give arghya prepared with coconut.