Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

ततस्तेन शुभं मंत्रं प्रोच्याभीष्टं जलं स्वयम् । अभिषिच्य च तत्काष्ठं ततश्च स्वगृहं ययौ

Transliteration

tatastena śubhaṃ maṃtraṃ procyābhīṣṭaṃ jalaṃ svayam | abhiṣicya ca tatkāṣṭhaṃ tataśca svagṛhaṃ yayau

Translation

అనంతరం అతడు శుభమంత్రాన్ని ఉచ్చరించి, తానే కోరిన జలాన్ని తీసుకొని, ఆ కట్టెకు అభిషేకం చేసి తరువాత తన ఇంటికి వెళ్లాడు।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• tena: by him
• tena: Karta (Agent in absolutive context/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (mantram इति)

• mantram: mantra
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• procya: having uttered
• procya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘प्रोच्य’ = उच्चार्य/उक्त्वा (having uttered)

• abhīṣṭam: desired/appropriate
• abhīṣṭam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: abhīṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण (jalam इति)

• jalam: water
• jalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• svayam: himself
• svayam: Karta (Emphatic agent/कर्तृ-प्रबलन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: svayam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्वयम् (oneself)

• abhiṣicya: having sprinkled/consecrated
• abhiṣicya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√sic (सिच् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘अभिषिच्य’ = अभिषेकं कृत्वा (having consecrated/sprinkled)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• tat-kāṣṭham: that piece of wood
• tat-kāṣṭham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + kāṣṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (सर्वनामपूर्वपद) — ‘तत् काष्ठम्’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (ततः)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक (then)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (and)

• sva-gṛham: his own house
• sva-gṛham: Karma (Goal as object of motion/गन्तव्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) — ‘स्वस्य गृहम्’

• yayau: went
• yayau: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, unspecified in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The officiant recites a mantra and pours water in a steady stream over the wooden object bearing the sacred form; afterward he departs toward his home, leaving the consecrated object behind.

Characters & Entities

• Mantra
• Abhiṣeka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right ritual, performed with mantra and faith, is presented as a direct means of restoring sanctity and auspicious order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but this verse alone does not specify the site’s name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-japa followed by abhiṣeka using water chosen for the rite (abhīṣṭa-jala).