Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

भकारः पंचवर्णस्तु जलबीजः सनातनः । मरीचिना समायुक्तः पूजितः सर्वभोगदः

Transliteration

bhakāraḥ paṃcavarṇastu jalabījaḥ sanātanaḥ | marīcinā samāyuktaḥ pūjitaḥ sarvabhogadaḥ

Translation

音節「bha」は五色を具え、水の原理の永遠の種子である。聖仙マリーチと相応し、礼拝供養されるとき、あらゆる享楽と繁栄を授ける。

Word by Word

• भकारः: the syllable/letter 'bha'
• भकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• पञ्चवर्णः: having five colors/classes
• पञ्चवर्णः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासान्त विशेषणम्

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• जलबीजः: water-seed
• जलबीजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

• सनातनः: eternal
• सनातनः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• मरीचिना: with Marīci
• मरीचिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सहकारक/सहयोग (with/by)

• समायुक्तः: joined/associated
• समायुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √युज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• पूजितः: worshipped/honored
• पूजितः: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

• सर्वभोगदः: giver of all enjoyments
• सर्वभोगदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + भोग (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a lotus-filled waterbody, a devotee worships a kalasha; the ‘bha’ bīja appears as a five-colored radiance over rippling water, while symbols of ‘all enjoyments’ (food, garments, ornaments) appear as offerings returning as prasāda.

Characters & Entities

• Marīci

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rightly honored mantra-seeds are portrayed as channels of cosmic order, yielding lawful enjoyments when aligned with dharma and proper worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excerpt is doctrinal/ritual (bīja mapping) within a tīrtha-glorification chapter; no single tīrtha-name appears in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of the “bha” syllable as the water-seed, associated with Marīci, is said to grant all enjoyments (sarvabhoga).