Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61

Devanagari script

नैवेद्ये घारिका प्रोक्ता प्राशनं मधुसर्पिषोः । धूपं चैवागरुं दद्यात्परया श्रद्धया युतः

Transliteration

naivedye ghārikā proktā prāśanaṃ madhusarpiṣoḥ | dhūpaṃ caivāgaruṃ dadyātparayā śraddhayā yutaḥ

Translation

நைவேத்யமாக ஘ாரிகா கூறப்பட்டுள்ளது; பிராசனமாக தேன் மற்றும் நெய். உன்னதமான श्रद्धையுடன் தூபமாக அகுருவையும் அர்ப்பணிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• naivedye: in the offering
• naivedye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• ghārikā: a fried cake (ghārikā)
• ghārikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghārikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• proktā: is stated
• proktā: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच्, धातु) + pra-; prokta (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि ‘is said’

• prāśanam: the edible item / consumption
• prāśanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• madhu-sarpiṣoḥ: of honey and ghee
• madhu-sarpiṣoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक) + sarpis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (द्वन्द्वे समाहारः), षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व/समाहार-द्वन्द्वार्थः ‘of honey and ghee’

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• agarum: aloeswood (aguru)
• agarum: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aguru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dadyāt: should offer
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘should give/offer’

• parayā: with supreme
• parayā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (instrumental of manner)

• śraddhayā: with faith
• śraddhayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śraddhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• yutaḥ: endowed (with)
• yutaḥ: Karta (Agent qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √yuj (युज्, धातु); yuta (कृदन्त-क्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्ता-विशेषण) ‘endowed/possessed’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from didactic sequence)

Characters & Entities

• Agaru
• Madhu
• Sarpiṣ
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith (śraddhā) is presented as the vital force that makes ritual offerings spiritually effective.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is identified in this verse; it is a procedural instruction within the Tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer ghārikā as naivedya, take honey and ghee as prāśana, and offer agaru as incense with deep faith.