Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

नमस्कृत्य पितॄन्पश्चात्सुप्रोक्षितं ततः परम् । कृत्वा सव्येन राजेन्द्र याचयित्वा वराशिषः

Transliteration

namaskṛtya pitṝnpaścātsuprokṣitaṃ tataḥ param | kṛtvā savyena rājendra yācayitvā varāśiṣaḥ

Translation

ピトリ（祖霊）に礼拝してのち、供物を聖水で正しく灌ぎ清めよ。王の中の最勝者よ、定めの作法に従い左側（サヴィエナ）をもって進め、吉祥なる祝福を乞うべきである。

Word by Word

• namaskṛtya: having bowed/saluted
• namaskṛtya: Purvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: namas-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; नमस्करोति इति; having saluted

• pitṝn: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• pitṝn: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (adverb: afterwards)

• su-prokṣitam: (that which is) well-sprinkled/purified
• su-prokṣitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + prokṣita (प्रातिपदिक; √ukṣ/√prokṣ)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘well-sprinkled’; कर्मणि प्रयोगे विशेषणम्

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• param: further; next
• param: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-नपुंसक एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणम् (thereafter/further)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Purvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; having done/made

• savyena: with the left (hand)
• savyena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Instrumental singular; ‘with the left (hand/side)’

• rājendra: O king of kings
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (राज्ञाम् इन्द्रः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-प्रथमा, एकवचन; Vocative singular

• yācayitvā: having requested
• yācayitvā: Purvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), णिच्-प्रयोग (causative not required; here simple gerund from yācayati); having requested

• vara-āśiṣaḥ: excellent blessings/boons
• vara-āśiṣaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + āśis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (वराः आशिषः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (आशिस्), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Accusative plural

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, instructing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājendra (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The ritualist bows toward the pitṛ-direction, then sprinkles sanctified water over the arranged offerings; he turns/acts according to the prescribed left-side movement and then folds hands in a request for blessings.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to the Pitṛs and careful ritual purity are presented as foundations for receiving auspicious blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya context (glorification of sacred fords), but this snippet does not name the specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bow to the ancestors, purify the offering by sprinkling (prokṣaṇa), maintain the prescribed ritual orientation (savya), and formally request blessings.