Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

मया तस्याभिषेकार्थं सलिलं चोद्यतं च यत् । सलिलं तेन तत्काष्ठे समादिष्टं कुबुद्धिना

Transliteration

mayā tasyābhiṣekārthaṃ salilaṃ codyataṃ ca yat | salilaṃ tena tatkāṣṭhe samādiṣṭaṃ kubuddhinā

Translation

และน้ำที่เราจัดเตรียมไว้เพื่อพิธีอภิเษกของเขา—น้ำนั้นเอง คนผู้มีปัญญาทรามได้สั่งให้เทลงบนท่อนไม้

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभिषेकार्थम्: for the anointing
• अभिषेकार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिषेक (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अभिषेकस्य/अभिषेकाय अर्थः); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक

• सलिलम्: water
• सलिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• उद्यतम्: raised/held up, prepared
• उद्यतम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उद्-यम् (धातु) → उद्यत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सलिलस्य विशेषणम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• सलिलम्: the water
• सलिलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सलिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्काष्ठे: on that piece of wood
• तत्काष्ठे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (तत् काष्ठम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समादिष्टम्: directed/assigned
• समादिष्टम्: Karta (Predicate to salilam/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-दिश् (धातु) → समादिष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सलिलस्य विशेषणम्

• कुबुद्धिना: by the foolish-minded one
• कुबुद्धिना: Karana (Instrument/Agentive instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कुबुद्धिः = दुष्टा बुद्धिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग-प्रातिपदिकस्य तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Yājñavalkya (continuing narrative)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śākalya (within the dialogue sequence)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vessel of consecration-water prepared by the sage is contemptuously redirected by the king onto a piece of wood; the moment captures sacrilege and impending wonder.

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred materials prepared for worship must be used with reverence; misuse reflects adharma and inner impurity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this verse; it supports the broader tīrthamāhātmya teaching on correct ritual conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka (ritual bathing/consecration) and the proper use of its salila (water) are implied.