Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततो मयाज्यकुम्भाच्च तस्मादादाय सत्वरम् । भक्ष्यलौल्यात्पितुर्हस्ते विन्यस्तं घृतसंप्लुतम्

Transliteration

tato mayājyakumbhācca tasmādādāya satvaram | bhakṣyalaulyātpiturhaste vinyastaṃ ghṛtasaṃplutam

Translation

«Alors, par avidité de nourriture, je le retirai en hâte de ce pot de ghee et le déposai dans la main de mon père, tout enduit et trempé de ghee».

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable); काल/अनुक्रम-बोधक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (common), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• ājya-kumbhāt: from the ghee-pot
• ājya-kumbhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya (प्रातिपदिक) + kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ājya-sya kumbhaḥ)

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

• tasmāt: from that (place/thing)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; ‘आदाय’ = having taken

• satvaram: quickly, in haste
• satvaram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• bhakṣya-laulyāt: due to greed for food
• bhakṣya-laulyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + laulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (bhakṣye laulyaṃ)

• pituḥ: of (my) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• haste: in the hand
• haste: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• vinyastam: placed
• vinyastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√nyas (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (placed/put)

• ghṛta-saṃplutam: soaked in ghee
• ghṛta-saṃplutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpluta (√plu/√plav, क्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ghṛtena saṃplutam)

Speaker

Baka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāgeśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child hurriedly lifts the liṅga from a ghee-filled pot; thick ghee drips down; he places it into his father’s open palm; the father’s face shows shock and concern, yet the liṅga seems to glow softly through the sheen.

Characters & Entities

• Ghṛta (ghee)
• Father
• Jāgeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small acts driven by greed can become major spiritual faults when they involve sacred objects; Purāṇic dharma warns against treating worship as transactional.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues the Jāgeśvara-centered sacred narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it highlights improper handling during a worship-related situation, implying the need for purity and care in pūjā.