Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

अर्घ्यं दत्त्वा विधानेन कृत्वा च करयोः कुशान् । गृह्णंत्वर्घ्यमिमं देवा योगसिद्धा महर्षयः

Transliteration

arghyaṃ dattvā vidhānena kṛtvā ca karayoḥ kuśān | gṛhṇaṃtvarghyamimaṃ devā yogasiddhā maharṣayaḥ

Translation

Après avoir offert l’arghya selon la règle et placé l’herbe kuśa dans les deux mains, qu’il prie ainsi : «Que les Deva et les grands ṛṣi, accomplis dans le yoga, reçoivent cet arghya qui est mien.»

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering (water oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having offered
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having given)

• विधानेन: according to the prescribed rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having placed/made
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया (having made)

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• करयोः: of the two hands
• करयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन

• कुशान्: kuśa grass blades
• कुशान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• गृह्णन्तु: let (them) accept
• गृह्णन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• अर्घ्यम्: this arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• इमम्: this
• इमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अर्घ्यम्)

• देवाः: gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• योगसिद्धाः: perfected through yoga
• योगसिद्धाः: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग + सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying महर्षयः)

• महर्षयः: great sages
• महर्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrator or ritual-instruction voice within the passage (speaker not explicitly marked in the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-tīrtha (general context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a coastal/riverine ford near Dvārakā offers arghya with kuśa in hand, facing the sacred direction, invoking Devas and yoga-siddha sages; calm dawn light, ritual vessels, and a small altar-stone.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Maharṣis
• yoga-siddhas
• arghya
• kuśa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by reverent ritual: disciplined offerings connect the devotee to devas and realized sages, preserving the sanctity of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual is situated in the Siddheśvara–Ṛṣitīrtha context of Dvārakā Māhātmya, where offerings accompany snāna and worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya per vidhi while holding kuśa in the hands, invoking devas and yogasiddha maharṣis to accept the offering.