Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

तंडुलैः शतपत्रैश्च यज्ञे वाचं नियम्य च । विचिंत्य च महाभागाः कृत्वा यज्ञं सदक्षिणम्

Transliteration

taṃḍulaiḥ śatapatraiśca yajñe vācaṃ niyamya ca | viciṃtya ca mahābhāgāḥ kṛtvā yajñaṃ sadakṣiṇam

Translation

米粒と百弁の花をもって、祭儀において言葉を慎み、観想に沈みつつ、かの高貴なる者たちは相応のダクシナーを伴うヤジュニャを成就した。

Word by Word

• तण्डुलैः: with rice grains
• तण्डुलैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तण्डुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• शतपत्रैः: with hundred-petalled (lotuses)
• शतपत्रैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत + पत्र (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शतस्य पत्राणि) (lotus/‘hundred-petalled’ flowers)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• यज्ञे: in the sacrifice
• यज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• वाचम्: speech
• वाचम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• नियम्य: having restrained
• नियम्य: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नि + √यम् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having restrained)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• विचिन्त्य: having contemplated
• विचिन्त्य: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि + √चिन्त् (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having reflected)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• महाभागाः: the fortunate/noble ones
• महाभागाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (महान् भागः यस्य/महाभागः)

• कृत्वा: having done/performed
• कृत्वा: Kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकाले कृत्य (having performed)

• यज्ञम्: the sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सदक्षिणम्: with priestly fee (dakṣiṇā)
• सदक्षिणम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष/नञ्-रहितः ‘स-’ (सह) अर्थे: दक्षिणया सहितम्; विशेषणम् (यज्ञम्)

Speaker

Narrator (exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The yajña nears completion: rice grains and hundred-petalled flowers are offered; participants sit in composed silence, eyes lowered in meditation; dakṣiṇā is presented respectfully to officiants, signaling ethical closure and gratitude.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇā
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer ritual must be joined to inner discipline—silence, contemplation, and generosity (dakṣiṇā) complete the sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter’s setting is Dharmāraṇya; this verse praises correct yajña-conduct rather than a specific tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing yajña with offerings (rice, flowers), maintaining restraint of speech, meditating, and giving dakṣiṇā.