Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

तैरेवाथर्वणैर्मंत्रैस्त्वकृतेऽस्ति शचीपते । कृतो होमः सुसंपूर्णः कलशश्चाभिमंत्रितः

Transliteration

tairevātharvaṇairmaṃtraistvakṛte'sti śacīpate | kṛto homaḥ susaṃpūrṇaḥ kalaśaścābhimaṃtritaḥ

Translation

«Ô Indra, seigneur de Śacī, par ces mêmes mantras atharvaniques un rite a été entrepris contre toi : l’offrande au feu (homa) a été menée à parfaite complétude, et le kalaśa, le vase rituel d’eau, a lui aussi été consacré par les mantras.»

Word by Word

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• आथर्वणैः: Atharvan (pertaining to Atharva)
• आथर्वणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्वत्-कृते: for your sake
• त्वत्-कृते: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (for your sake)

• अस्ति: is/exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• शचीपते: O lord of Śacī (Indra)
• शचीपते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शचीपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• कृतः: has been performed
• कृतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• होमः: homa (fire-offering)
• होमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सु-संपूर्णः: fully complete
• सु-संपूर्णः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• कलशः: the pot (ritual vessel)
• कलशः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अभिमन्त्रितः: has been consecrated/enchanted
• अभिमन्त्रितः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a messenger/attendant reporting to Indra within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra (Śacīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial enclosure: Vālakhilyas around a blazing homa-kuṇḍa; smoke spirals upward; a water-pot (kalaśa) wrapped with cloth and darbha, glowing with mantra-energy; Bṛhaspati narrates to a tense Indra.

Characters & Entities

• Śacī
• Indra (Śacīpati)
• Atharvan mantras
• Homa
• Kalaśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts (homa, mantra, consecration) are portrayed as spiritually potent forces; dharma requires such power to be guided by right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the snippet itself emphasizes ritual potency rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A complete homa is performed and a kalaśa is consecrated (abhimantrita) using Atharvan mantras.