Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तदग्रे दीपकं चैव घृतेन विमलेन हि । सप्तवर्तियुतं राजन्नर्घ्यं प्रकुर्वते द्विजाः

Transliteration

tadagre dīpakaṃ caiva ghṛtena vimalena hi | saptavartiyutaṃ rājannarghyaṃ prakurvate dvijāḥ

Translation

ಓ ರಾಜನೇ! ಅದರ ಮುಂದೆ ನಿರ್ಮಲ ಘೃತದ ದೀಪವನ್ನು ಏಳು ವತ್ತಿಗಳೊಡನೆ ಸ್ಥಾಪಿಸಿದರು; ದ್ವಿಜರು ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಘ್ಯವನ್ನು ಸಮರ್ಪಿಸಿದರು।

Word by Word

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; ‘of that’ (governing ‘agre’)

• अग्रे: in front (thereof)
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; ‘in front’

• दीपकम्: lamp
• दीपकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• घृतेन: with ghee
• घृतेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• विमलेन: pure
• विमलेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vimala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘ghṛta’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipāta (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (for emphasis/indeed)

• सप्तवर्तियुतम्: having seven wicks
• सप्तवर्तियुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta-varti-yuta (प्रातिपदिक; सप्त + वर्ति + युत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘सप्तभिः वर्तिभिः युतम्’

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative/8th case), एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: offering (arghya)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arghya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• प्रकुर्वते: they offer/perform
• प्रकुर्वते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• द्विजाः: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (contextual narration; explicit speaker appears at Śloka 51)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bright ghee lamp with seven wicks burns before the plaque; dvijas perform arghya with a vessel, hands in precise mudrā, in a calm, ordered ritual space.

Characters & Entities

• Dvijāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual clarity and purity—symbolized by the bright ghee-lamp—supports focused devotion and sacred honor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dharmāraṇya’s sanctity is highlighted through the formal worship performed in its sacred sphere.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Placing a pure-ghee lamp with seven wicks before the sacred object and offering arghya.