Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

शांतिकस्यावसाने तु प्रगृह्य कलशोदकम् । पंचांगैः कल्पितं रुद्रैः स्वयमेवाभिमंत्रितैः

Transliteration

śāṃtikasyāvasāne tu pragṛhya kalaśodakam | paṃcāṃgaiḥ kalpitaṃ rudraiḥ svayamevābhimaṃtritaiḥ

Translation

ശാന്തികർമ്മം അവസാനിച്ചപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം കലശജലം കൈക്കൊണ്ടു—പഞ്ചാംഗദ്രവ്യങ്ങളാൽ ഒരുക്കപ്പെട്ടതും, രുദ്രമന്ത്രങ്ങളാൽ സ്വയം അഭിമന്ത്രിതമായതും।

Word by Word

• शांतिकस्य: of the śāntika-rite
• शांतिकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अवसाने: at the conclusion
• अवसाने: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अवसान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषण-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• प्रगृह्य: having taken
• प्रगृह्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive; ‘having taken up’)

• कलशोदकम्: water from a pot (ritual water)
• कलशोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलश + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• पंचांगैः: with fivefold (items/limbs)
• पंचांगैः: Karanam (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘पञ्च-अङ्ग’ (fivefold components)

• कल्पितम्: prepared
• कल्पितम्: Karma (Predicate adjective of ‘कलशोदकम्’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कल्पित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √कॢप्, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि (prepared/arranged)

• रुद्रैः: by Rudras (priests/manifestations)
• रुद्रैः: Karanam (Instrument/agentive means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रता-बोधक अव्यय (by oneself)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

• अभिमंत्रितैः: consecrated by mantra
• अभिमंत्रितैः: Karanam (Instrument qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + मन्त्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मन्त्र्, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; भूतकर्मणि (consecrated/enchanted)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa addressing sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the conclusion of the śānti rite, the priest lifts the kalasha-water, prepared with five requisites and empowered by Rudra-mantras.

Characters & Entities

• Rudra
• kalaśa (ritual pot)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consecrated water (kalaśodaka) becomes spiritually efficacious when prepared with proper components and empowered through mantra and disciplined procedure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha-name appears in this verse; it describes the ritual technology used within a Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Taking kalaśa-water after the śānti rite, prepared with pañcāṅga requisites and empowered through Rudra-mantra consecration.