Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

तमुद्दिश्य सहस्रांशुं यज्जलं परिक्षिप्यते । सावित्रेण च मन्त्रेण तेषां तज्जायते फलम्

Transliteration

tamuddiśya sahasrāṃśuṃ yajjalaṃ parikṣipyate | sāvitreṇa ca mantreṇa teṣāṃ tajjāyate phalam

Translation

Qualquer água lançada em direção àquele Sol de mil raios, juntamente com o mantra Sāvitrī, faz com que o fruto meritório recaia sobre eles.

Word by Word

• तम्: him/that one
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• उद्दिश्य: having aimed at / addressing
• उद्दिश्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ud-√diś (दिश्) (कृदन्त; ल्यप्/त्वान्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), ‘उद्दिश्य’ = having aimed at/with reference to

• सहस्रांशुम्: the Sun (thousand-rayed)
• सहस्रांशुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra-aṃśu (प्रातिपदिक; सहस्र + अंशु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सहस्राणि अंशवः यस्य)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

• परिक्षिप्यते: is sprinkled/cast around
• परिक्षिप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pari-√kṣip (क्षिप्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (Passive), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• सावित्रेण: with the Sāvitra (Gāyatrī)
• सावित्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्; ‘सावित्र’ = relating to Savitṛ (Gāyatrī)

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

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive), बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम, ‘that’ (referring to the act/result)

• जायते: arises/comes to be
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन्)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Deva (likely Śiva) speaking to Devī

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī / Surēśvarī (addressed as Devī, Queen of the Gods)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa at riverbank at dawn, hands cupped, casting a shining stream of water toward the rising Sun; the Sāvitrī mantra visualized as golden syllables around the solar disc.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Sahasrāṃśu)
• Sāvitrī mantra (Gāyatrī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Mantra and intention (uddeśa) determine the fruit of an act; the verse emphasizes the power of Sāvitrī-linked solar worship within dharmic time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies Sūrya-arghya practice rather than a named place; within Tīrthamāhātmya it supports the sanctity of water-offerings connected to sacred rivers like Gaṅgā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering/sprinkling water toward the Sun (arghya-like act) accompanied by the Sāvitrī (Gāyatrī) mantra.