Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततो मयाज्यकुम्भाच्च तस्मादादाय सत्वरम् । भक्ष्यलौल्यात्पितुर्हस्ते विन्यस्तं घृतसंप्लुतम्

Transliteration

tato mayājyakumbhācca tasmādādāya satvaram | bhakṣyalaulyātpiturhaste vinyastaṃ ghṛtasaṃplutam

Translation

ତେବେ ଭୋଜନଲୋଭରେ ମୁଁ ସେଇ ଘିଅ କୁମ୍ଭରୁ ତାହାକୁ ଶୀଘ୍ର ଉଠାଇ, ଘିଅରେ ଲେପିତ ଅବସ୍ଥାରେ ପିତାଙ୍କ ହାତରେ ରଖିଦେଲି।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable); काल/अनुक्रम-बोधक (temporal/sequence adverb)

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (common), तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• ājya-kumbhāt: from the ghee-pot
• ājya-kumbhāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ājya (प्रातिपदिक) + kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ājya-sya kumbhaḥ)

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

• tasmāt: from that (place/thing)
• tasmāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुं, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्यय-भाव; ‘आदाय’ = having taken

• satvaram: quickly, in haste
• satvaram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• bhakṣya-laulyāt: due to greed for food
• bhakṣya-laulyāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + laulya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (bhakṣye laulyaṃ)

• pituḥ: of (my) father
• pituḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• haste: in the hand
• haste: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• vinyastam: placed
• vinyastam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√nyas (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगार्थ (placed/put)

• ghṛta-saṃplutam: soaked in ghee
• ghṛta-saṃplutam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃpluta (√plu/√plav, क्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः (ghṛtena saṃplutam)

Speaker

Baka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jāgeśvara

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child hurriedly lifts the liṅga from a ghee-filled pot; thick ghee drips down; he places it into his father’s open palm; the father’s face shows shock and concern, yet the liṅga seems to glow softly through the sheen.

Characters & Entities

• Ghṛta (ghee)
• Father
• Jāgeśvara (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small acts driven by greed can become major spiritual faults when they involve sacred objects; Purāṇic dharma warns against treating worship as transactional.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode continues the Jāgeśvara-centered sacred narrative within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it highlights improper handling during a worship-related situation, implying the need for purity and care in pūjā.