Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

ओंतवातिप्रिय वृक्षाणां रसोऽयं तिग्मदीधिते । स तवैवोचितः स्वामिन्गृहाण कृपया मम

Transliteration

oṃtavātipriya vṛkṣāṇāṃ raso'yaṃ tigmadīdhite | sa tavaivocitaḥ svāmingṛhāṇa kṛpayā mama

Translation

โอม ข้าแต่พระผู้มีรัศมีคมกล้า น้ำคั้น/สาระ (รสะ) นี้ได้มาจากพฤกษาที่เป็นที่รักของพระองค์ ย่อมเหมาะสมแก่พระองค์เท่านั้น ข้าแต่พระนาย โปรดเมตตารับจากข้าพเจ้าด้วยเถิด

Word by Word

• oṃ: oṃ
• oṃ: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: oṃ (अव्यय/प्रणव)
• Form: प्रणव-निपात

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — genitive singular ‘your’

• ati-priya: O very dear (one)
• ati-priya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ati (अव्यय) + priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, एकवचन — nominative/vocative singular; ‘very dear’ (addressing deity)

• vṛkṣāṇām: of trees
• vṛkṣāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — genitive plural ‘of trees’

• rasaḥ: juice/essence
• rasaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचन — nominative singular

• ayam: this
• ayam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (इदम्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘this’ (agreeing with rasaḥ)

• tigma-dīdhite: O sharp-rayed one
• tigma-dīdhite: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tigma (प्रातिपदिक) + dīdhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular; ‘O one of sharp rays’

• saḥ: that
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular ‘he/that (juice)’

• tava: for you/your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण) — emphatic particle ‘indeed’

• ucitaḥ: suitable
• ucitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ucita (प्रातिपदिक; √uc/वच्? as adj ‘proper’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — nominative singular; ‘proper/suitable’ (agreeing with saḥ)

• svāmin: O Lord
• svāmin: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन — vocative singular ‘O Lord’

• gṛhāṇa: accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (ग्रह्) (धातु)
• Form: लोट्, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — ‘accept!’

• kṛpayā: with compassion
• kṛpayā: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛpā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन — instrumental singular ‘with compassion’

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (अस्मद्) (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन — genitive singular ‘my/from me’

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a small bowl of amber-colored resin/essence from sacred trees; Sūrya, sharp-rayed, receives it with calm grace; the offering glows as if catching sunlight.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offer what is ‘appropriate’ to the deity—devotion includes discernment and reverence for the deity’s preferred substances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned; it concerns the substance-offering within Sūrya-pūjā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a plant-derived essence/juice/resin regarded as dear to Sūrya, with a mantra requesting gracious acceptance.