Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

आघ्राणकादींश्च कृत्वा यथायोग्यं प्रपूज्य च । सर्वं विस्तार्य कथितं शीघ्रमागममात्मनः

Transliteration

āghrāṇakādīṃśca kṛtvā yathāyogyaṃ prapūjya ca | sarvaṃ vistārya kathitaṃ śīghramāgamamātmanaḥ

Translation

ആഘ്രാണാദി വിധികൾ യഥായോഗ്യം നിർവഹിച്ചു, യഥാവിധി പൂജയും നടത്തി; എല്ലാം വിശദമായി പറഞ്ഞ ശേഷം അവൻ शीഘ്രം തന്റെ സ്വധാമത്തിലേക്ക് മടങ്ങി।

Word by Word

• आघ्राणकादीन्: (the rites) beginning with smelling, etc.
• आघ्राणकादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आघ्राणक + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन; ‘आघ्राणक-आदि’ इति समासः (आदि-शब्देन समाहारः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having done’

• यथायोग्यम्: as appropriate
• यथायोग्यम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• प्रपूज्य: having worshipped
• प्रपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• विस्तार्य: having elaborated
• विस्तार्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + स्तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having expanded/explained in detail’

• कथितम्: was told/related
• कथितम्: Kriyā (Main predicate in passive/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगः

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• आगमम्: the coming/arrival
• आगमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आत्मनः: of oneself/for himself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within the Dharmāraṇya episode; specific speaker not explicit in this excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual space after worship: offerings arranged, the officiant completing āghrāṇa-related upacāras, then turning to depart toward his own abode while attendants look on.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through doing rites properly and honoring the sacred with due worship, followed by truthful narration and right conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Dharmāraṇya (the sacred forest/pilgrimage precinct) within the Brāhma Khaṇḍa’s Dharmāraṇya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of rites beginning with āghrāṇa and conducting pūjā according to propriety (yathāyogya).