Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तदेव प्राशनं कुर्यात्ततः कायविशुद्धये । प्रहरांते च संपूज्य अर्धनारीश्वरं ततः

Transliteration

tadeva prāśanaṃ kuryāttataḥ kāyaviśuddhaye | praharāṃte ca saṃpūjya ardhanārīśvaraṃ tataḥ

Translation

ನಂತರ ದೇಹಶುದ್ಧಿಗಾಗಿ ಅದೇ ಪ್ರಸಾದವನ್ನು ಸೇವಿಸಬೇಕು; ಮತ್ತು ಪ್ರಹರಾಂತದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಧಿಯಾಗಿ ಪೂಜಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಅರ್ಧನಾರೀಶ್ವರನನ್ನು ಆರಾಧಿಸಬೇಕು।

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• प्राशनम्: eating/partaking
• प्राशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

• कायविशुद्धये: for purification of the body
• कायविशुद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काय (प्रातिपदिक) + विशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कायस्य विशुद्धिः)

• प्रहरान्ते: at the end of a watch (time period)
• प्रहरान्ते: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (प्रहरस्य अन्तः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• संपूज्य: having worshipped well
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• अर्धनारीश्वरम्: Ardhanārīśvara
• अर्धनारीश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + नारी (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अर्धं नारी च यस्य/यत्र सः ईश्वरः) रूढ-समासः

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of sequence)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The devotee respectfully consumes a small portion of prasāda; later, before a striking Ardhanārīśvara image—half Śiva, half Pārvatī—final worship is offered as lamps flicker at the close of the watch.

Characters & Entities

• Ardhanārīśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification culminates in recognizing Śiva and Śakti as one reality—worship moves from offering to non-dual unity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter is in the Tīrthamāhātmya stream; this verse emphasizes the culmination of worship rather than a particular geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Consume the consecrated offering (prasāda) for purification and, at the end of the prahara, worship Ardhanārīśvara.