Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

बीजपूरफलैश्चैव दद्यादर्घ्यं सुभक्तितः । शंखतोयं समादाय तस्योपरि फलं शुभम्

Transliteration

bījapūraphalaiścaiva dadyādarghyaṃ subhaktitaḥ | śaṃkhatoyaṃ samādāya tasyopari phalaṃ śubham

Translation

Dan dengan buah bījapūra juga, hendaklah dipersembahkan arghya dengan bhakti yang tulus. Ambillah air dalam cangkerang sangkha, lalu letakkan di atasnya sebiji buah yang membawa berkat.

Word by Word

• बीजपूरफलैः: with citron fruits (bījapūra)
• बीजपूरफलैः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीजपूर + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'बीजपूरस्य फलानि' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle/Emphasis)

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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

• सुभक्तितः: with sincere devotion
• सुभक्तितः: हेतु (Cause/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb): 'सुभक्तेः' = 'from/with good devotion'

• शङ्खतोयम्: water in a conch
• शङ्खतोयम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'शङ्खे तोयम्' इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); उपसर्गः: सम्-आ; अर्थः 'having taken'

• तस्य: of it/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/on top
• उपरि: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Postposition/Adverb)

• फलम्: a fruit
• फलम्: कर्म/विधेय (Placed item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; फलस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee holds a white conch filled with water; an auspicious fruit rests atop or is presented together as arghya before a Keśava image; the altar glows with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (implicit via later verses)
• bījapūra
• arghya
• śaṅkha (conch)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti sanctifies ritual: arghya becomes spiritually potent when offered with devotion and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification chapter; the verse itself focuses on the method of arghya rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya using water held in a conch, placing an auspicious fruit atop/with it, including bījapūra fruit among the offerings.