Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

इमं मंत्रं समुच्चार्य धूपमागुरुजं शुभम् । दद्याद्भगवते नित्यं चातुर्मास्ये महाफलम्

Transliteration

imaṃ maṃtraṃ samuccārya dhūpamāgurujaṃ śubham | dadyādbhagavate nityaṃ cāturmāsye mahāphalam

Translation

Après avoir récité ce mantra, qu’on offre chaque jour au Seigneur Bienheureux un encens propice fait d’agaru ; durant le Cāturmāsya, il donne un grand fruit.

Word by Word

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; ‘this’

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular

• समुच्चार्य: having recited
• समुच्चार्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + उत् + √चर्/√उच्चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/क्त्वा), अव्ययभाव — gerund ‘having uttered/recited’

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

• आगुरुजम्: made of agaru (aloeswood)
• आगुरुजम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आगुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; समास: आगुरु-ज (तत्पुरुष) ‘born of agaru/aloeswood-made’ qualifying ‘dhūpam’

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — accusative singular; qualifies ‘dhūpam’

• दद्यात्: should offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथमपुरुष), एकवचन — ‘should give/offer’

• भगवते: to the Lord
• भगवते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — dative singular; ‘to the Lord’

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावेन क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative) ‘always/regularly’

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — locative singular

• महाफलम्: great reward
• महाफलम्: Karma (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — nominative/accusative singular; समास: महा-फल (कर्मधारय) ‘great fruit/result’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands before the deity, palms joined, chanting; then places agaru incense on embers; smoke rises straight, suggesting purity and steady nitya-vrata.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Agaru
• Bhagavān
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistency in devotional practice, especially when supported by mantra and sacred timing, magnifies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is a ritual instruction within the chapter; it does not specify a named pilgrimage site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer āguru-based incense to Bhagavān after reciting the given mantra; do so regularly, especially in Cāturmāsya.