Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

ततो मधु समादाय पायसं च तिलोदकम् । ऊर्जस्वेति च मन्त्रेण पितॄणामुपरिक्षिपेत् ओ

Transliteration

tato madhu samādāya pāyasaṃ ca tilodakam | ūrjasveti ca mantreṇa pitṝṇāmuparikṣipet o

Translation

Затем, взяв мёд, пайясу (сладкий рис на молоке) и кунжутную воду, следует окропить этим для Питров, произнося мантру «урджасва» — «будь укреплён, исполнен силы».

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे: अनन्तरम् (thereafter)

• madhu: honey
• madhu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• samādāya: having taken
• samādāya: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (धाातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; धातु: √दा (to take) उपसर्ग: सम्+आ; अर्थ: ‘गृहीत्वा’ (having taken)

• pāyasam: rice-pudding
• pāyasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) = conjunction ‘and’

• tila-udakam: sesame-water
• tila-udakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + udaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उपपद-सम्बन्धः: तिलस्य उदकम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• ūrjasvā: O vigorous one / O strength-giver
• ūrjasvā: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrjasvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular); मन्त्रपद-सम्बोधन (address in mantra)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उद्धरण/इति-प्रयोग) = quotative particle

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) = conjunction ‘and’

• mantreṇa: with the mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• pitṝṇām: of the ancestors
• pitṝṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• uparikṣipet: should sprinkle over
• uparikṣipet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√kṣip (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: √क्षिप् (to throw/sprinkle) उपसर्ग: उप; अर्थ: ‘उपरि क्षिपेत्’ (should sprinkle/throw over)

• o: Oṃ
• o: Sambandha (Ritual utterance/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव-नाद (sacred syllable), अव्यय

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ritual tray with honey pot, bowl of pāyasa, and sesame-water; the performer sprinkles offerings while chanting ‘ūrjasva’, with piṇḍas arranged on darbha.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Ūrjasva (mantra)
• Pāyasa
• Tila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Nourishing offerings and mantra together express gratitude and sustain the sacred bond with the ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The adhyāya belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse does not specify the tīrtha by name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sprinkle/offer honey, sweet rice, and sesame-water for the Pitṛs while chanting the ‘ūrjasva’ mantra.