Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 123

Devanagari script

अंगारकेण संयुक्ता चतुर्थी स्याद्यदा तिथिः । सांनिध्यं तत्र कार्यं च सर्वैर्देवैश्च तद्दिने

Transliteration

aṃgārakeṇa saṃyuktā caturthī syādyadā tithiḥ | sāṃnidhyaṃ tatra kāryaṃ ca sarvairdevaiśca taddine

Translation

ചതുര്ഥീ തിഥി അങ്കാരക (ചൊവ്വ)വുമായി ചേർന്നാൽ, ആ ദിവസം അവിടെ എല്ലാ ദേവന്മാരും തങ്ങളുടെ സാന്നിധ്യം സ്ഥാപിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• aṃgārakeṇa: with Aṅgāraka (Mars/Tuesday)
• aṃgārakeṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṃgāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• saṃyuktā: joined/combined
• saṃyuktā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√yuj (धातु) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with ‘caturthī’

• caturthī: the fourth lunar day
• caturthī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturthī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• syāt: may be/should occur
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yadā: when
• yadā: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb): ‘when’

• tithiḥ: lunar day (tithi)
• tithiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tithi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sāṃnidhyam: presence/attendance
• sāṃnidhyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāṃnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Desha (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place): ‘there’

• kāryam: should be done
• kāryam: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + कार्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/अनिवार्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be done’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• sarvaiḥ: by all
• sarvaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; qualifies ‘devaiḥ’

• devaiḥ: by the gods
• devaiḥ: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction): ‘and’

• tat-dine: on that day
• tat-dine: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष): ‘tasmin dine’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Atithi

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Atithi-tīrtha (Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottamāḥ / assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred pond/ghāṭa under a Tuesday sky; deities subtly manifest in the air as pilgrims gather—visualizing ‘sannidhya’ on Aṅgāraka-Caturthī.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka (Maṅgala/Tuesday)
• Caturthī
• Devas
• Atithi-tīrtha
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time intensifies sacred place: special tithi-yoga draws heightened divine presence at the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Atithi’s tīrtha in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observe Aṅgāraka-yukta Caturthī at the tīrtha, when divine presence is especially established.