Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

एभिर्मन्त्रैः समभ्यर्च्य पश्चान्मोद कजंशुभम् । नैवेद्यं च प्रदातव्यं ततश्चार्घ्यं निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

ebhirmantraiḥ samabhyarcya paścānmoda kajaṃśubham | naivedyaṃ ca pradātavyaṃ tataścārghyaṃ nivedayet

Translation

ഈ മന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം അർച്ചന ചെയ്ത്, തുടർന്ന് ശുഭമായ മോദകങ്ങളെ നൈവേദ്യമായി സമർപ്പിക്കണം; പിന്നെ അർഘ്യം (ആദരജലം) നിവേദിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• एभिः: by these
• एभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन (plural)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (properly)
• समभ्यर्च्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having duly worshipped’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• मोदकजम्: born of modaka (modaka-made)
• मोदकजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (मोदकात् जातम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रदातव्यम्: should be offered/given
• प्रदातव्यम्: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (तव्यत्), कर्मणि/विधेय (gerundive: ‘should be given’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextual predicate)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Sequence/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/from that’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

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

• निवेदयेत्: should present/offer
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual purāṇic instruction within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest/devotee performs Gaṇeśa-arcana with flowers and durvā; then places a plate of modakas; finally pours arghya water from a small vessel into a conch/hand-cup before the deity.

Characters & Entities

• Gaṇeśa
• Modaka
• Arghya
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worship is completed through both mantra and offering—devotion is expressed in speech (japa) and gift (naivedya/arghya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction appears inside a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter, but this verse itself focuses on the Gaṇeśa worship procedure rather than a named site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After mantra-worship, offer modaka-based naivedya and then offer arghya.