Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

नित्यं शक्त्या नरो राजन्पयोऽन्नैश्च पृथग्विधैः । तथान्यैर्वस्त्रनैवेद्यैः पुष्पगन्धानुलेपनैः

Transliteration

nityaṃ śaktyā naro rājanpayo'nnaiśca pṛthagvidhaiḥ | tathānyairvastranaivedyaiḥ puṣpagandhānulepanaiḥ

Translation

Ô roi, une personne doit, selon ses capacités, honorer quotidiennement les ancêtres avec du lait, divers aliments, ainsi que des vêtements, des offrandes sacrées, des fleurs, des parfums et des onguents.

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• शक्त्या: with ability/according to capacity
• शक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

• अन्नैः: with foods
• अन्नैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/Conjunction)

• पृथग्विधैः: of various kinds
• पृथग्विधैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथग् (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे न; कर्मधारयसमासः। पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

• वस्त्रनैवेद्यैः: with garments and food-offerings
• वस्त्रनैवेद्यैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वसमासः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पुष्पगन्धानुलेपनैः: with flowers, fragrances, and unguents
• पुष्पगन्धानुलेपनैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुलेपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार-द्वन्द्वसमासः (पुष्पाणि गन्धाश्च अनुलेपनानि च); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrator addressing a king; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual arrangement: milk, assorted foods, cloth, naivedya plates, flowers, incense/fragrance, and unguents laid out; the practitioner offers them with composed devotion while the king receives instruction.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral reverence is a daily discipline, to be practiced sincerely within one’s means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the emphasis is on the śrāddha/tarpaṇa regimen within a tīrtha-mahātmya discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daily offerings to the Pitṛs: milk, varied foods, garments, naivedya, flowers, scents, and anointing substances.