Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

अङ्गारक महातेजा लोहिताङ्ग नमोऽस्तु ते । करकं वारिसंयुक्तं शालितंदुलपूरितम्

Transliteration

aṅgāraka mahātejā lohitāṅga namo'stu te | karakaṃ vārisaṃyuktaṃ śālitaṃdulapūritam

Translation

โอ้ อังคารกะ ผู้มีรัศมีอันยิ่งใหญ่ โอ้ผู้มีสรีระแดง—ขอนอบน้อมแด่ท่าน (พึงถวาย) ภาชนะกะระกะที่เต็มด้วยน้ำ และบรรจุเมล็ดข้าวศาลีให้แน่น

Word by Word

• अङ्गारक: O Aṅgāraka (Mars)
• अङ्गारक: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• महातेजाः: O great-splendoured one
• महातेजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोहिताङ्ग: O red-bodied one
• लोहिताङ्ग: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहित-अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Kriya (Salutation act/क्रिया)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नमस्कारवाचक (used as indeclinable-like)

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: to you/your
• ते: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive) एकवचन (enclitic); सम्बन्ध

• करकम्: a water-pot/vessel
• करकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म

• वारिसंयुक्तम्: filled/combined with water
• वारिसंयुक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वारि-संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; वारिणा संयुक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) used adjectivally; करकं विशेषयति

• शालितण्डुलपूरितम्: filled with rice-grains (śāli)
• शालितण्डुलपूरितम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शालि-तण्डुल-पूरित (प्रातिपदिक; शालिनः तण्डुलैः पूरित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; करकं विशेषयति

Speaker

Deductive: Narrative instruction within Revā Khaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A red-hued Kuja is invoked; the devotee presents a water-filled karaka and a mound of white śāli rice, with red flowers nearby; Kuja’s radiance is emphasized as ‘mahātejas’ and ‘lohitāṅga’.

Characters & Entities

• Aṅgāraka
• Lohitāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional reverence is expressed through both praise and tangible offerings made in purity and respect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction occurs within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred setting; the verse emphasizes the offering rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a water vessel (karaka) filled with śāli rice while saluting Aṅgāraka with his epithets.