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

Apabila tithi Caturthī bertemu dengan Aṅgāraka (Selasa), maka pada hari itu hendaklah semua dewa menegakkan kehadiran mereka di sana (pada tīrtha itu).

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.