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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

त्वय्याहुतिर्हुता सम्यगादित्यमुपतिष्ठते । आदित्याज्जायते वृष्टिर्वृष्टेरन्नं ततः प्रजाः

tvayyāhutirhutā samyagādityamupatiṣṭhate | ādityājjāyate vṛṣṭirvṛṣṭerannaṃ tataḥ prajāḥ

«Quand l’oblation est versée en toi selon le rite, elle parvient au Soleil. Du Soleil naît la pluie ; de la pluie, la nourriture ; et de la nourriture, les êtres sont entretenus.»

त्वयिin you
त्वयि:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
आहुतिःoblation
आहुतिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
हुताoffered
हुता:
Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Adjectival participle)
TypeVerb
Rootहु (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; आहुतिः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
सम्यक्properly
सम्यक्:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम्यक् (अव्यय)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)
आदित्यम्the Sun (Āditya)
आदित्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
उपतिष्ठतेapproaches/attends
उपतिष्ठते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + स्था (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; उपसर्गः उप-
आदित्याद्from the Sun
आदित्याद्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootआदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन
जायतेis born/arises
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
वृष्टिःrain
वृष्टिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
वृष्टेःfrom/of rain
वृष्टेः:
Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
अन्नम्food
अन्नम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
ततःthen; from that
ततः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), क्रम/हेतु-अर्थे (thereupon/from that)
प्रजाःcreatures; people
प्रजाः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Brahmā

Scene: A didactic tableau: oblation rising from Agni to the Sun; from the Sun clouds form and rain falls; fields yield grain; people thrive—shown as a single cosmic diagram-like scene.

A
Agni
Ā
Āditya (Sun)
R
Rain (vṛṣṭi)
A
Anna (food)
P
Prajā (beings)

FAQs

Ritual order (yajña) is portrayed as linked to cosmic welfare—sun, rain, food, and life—showing dharma as world-sustaining.

The verse teaches universal yajña-cosmology within a tīrtha narrative; no named site appears in the line.

It emphasizes correct performance of āhuti (proper oblation in Agni), though without naming a specific yajña procedure.