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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

गृहीत्वा च फलं शुभ्रं ह्यक्षतैश्च समन्वितम् । मन्त्रेणानेन वै विप्रा ह्यर्घ्यं दद्याद्विधानतः

Transliteration

gṛhītvā ca phalaṃ śubhraṃ hyakṣataiśca samanvitam | mantreṇānena vai viprā hyarghyaṃ dadyādvidhānataḥ

Translation

清らかに輝く果実を、アクシャタ（砕けぬ米粒）とともに取り、婆羅門たちよ、作法に従って次の真言によりアルギャ（供水）を捧げるべきである。

Word by Word
गृहीत्वाhaving taken
गृहीत्वा:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootग्रह् (धातु) → गृहीत्वा
Formक्त्वान्त (अव्यय), अव्यय — Absolutive (gerund) ‘having taken’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — conjunction
फलम्fruit
फलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
शुभ्रम्white/pure
शुभ्रम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular; agrees with फलम्
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (हेतौ/निश्चये) — particle ‘indeed’
अक्षतैःwith akṣata (unbroken rice)
अक्षतैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअक्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural ‘with unbroken rice grains’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय — conjunction
समन्वितम्accompanied/combined
समन्वितम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-अन्वि-इ (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — PPP; Neuter, Accusative, Singular; agrees with फलम्
मन्त्रेणwith a mantra
मन्त्रेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
अनेनwith this
अनेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — Pronoun; Instrumental, Singular
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (निश्चयार्थक) — particle ‘indeed’
विप्राःbrāhmaṇas / O brāhmaṇas
विप्राः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Plural; (address/subject depending on context)
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात — particle ‘indeed’
अर्घ्यम्arghya (ritual offering)
अर्घ्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular
विधानतःaccording to the prescribed method
विधानतः:
Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविधान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (विधानतस्), क्रियाविशेषण — Ablatival adverb ‘according to rule’
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; instructional passage leading into the mantra in next verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priestly devotee holds a spotless fruit and a small dish of unbroken rice, standing before the shrine, ready to pour arghya with mantra.

Characters & Entities
B
Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
R
Rukmiṇī (implied recipient)

FAQs

Dharma is upheld through vidhi—devotion is strengthened when worship is performed carefully and respectfully.

Dvārakā, as the sacred setting for the formal worship of Rukmiṇī.

Offer arghya using a pure fruit and akṣata, reciting the specified mantra (given in the next verse).

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