Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

अर्घ्यं दद्याद्भाकरस्य सर्वपापप्रशांतये । प्रयागादिधिकं स्नानं दानं क्षेत्रात्कुरोरपि

Transliteration

arghyaṃ dadyādbhākarasya sarvapāpapraśāṃtaye | prayāgādidhikaṃ snānaṃ dānaṃ kṣetrātkurorapi

Translation

സകല പാപശാന്തിക്കായി ഭാസ്കരനു അർഘ്യം അർപ്പിക്കണം. ഇവിടെ സ്നാനം പ്രയാഗത്തേക്കാളും ശ്രേഷ്ഠം, ദാനം കുരുക്ഷേത്രത്തേക്കാളും ഉത്തമം എന്നു പറയുന്നു।

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering (water oblation)
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• दद्याद्: should give/offer
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• भाकरस्य: of/for the Sun (Bhākara)
• भाकरस्य: Sampradana (Recipient—genitive usage/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• सर्व-पाप-प्रशांतये: for the pacification of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-प्रशांतये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वपापानां प्रशान्तिः)

• प्रयागात्: than Prayāga / from Prayāga
• प्रयागात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• अधिकम्: greater, superior
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (snānam/dānam)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• दानम्: charitable giving
• दानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रात्: than a sacred place/field
• क्षेत्रात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• कुरोः: of Kuru (Kurukṣetra)
• कुरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Connector/सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands knee-deep where river water turns brackish and meets the sea, lifting a cupped offering of water toward the rising Sun; behind, donors distribute gifts, while the confluence glows like molten gold.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara/Sūrya
• Arghya
• Prayāga
• Kuru-kṣetra
• Snāna
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion and repentance are expressed through simple offerings; at an exalted tīrtha, such acts are proclaimed immensely purifying.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mahī–Sāgara Saṅgama, compared favorably against Prayāga and Kuru-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya to the Sun; perform snāna and dāna at the confluence for heightened merit.