Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तत्तवार्थं कृतोऽनेन यश्चरुश्चारुलोचने । यस्तस्मिन्विहितोऽनेन मन्त्रग्रामो भविष्यति । विशेषेण महाभागे सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्

Transliteration

tattavārthaṃ kṛto'nena yaścaruścārulocane | yastasminvihito'nena mantragrāmo bhaviṣyati | viśeṣeṇa mahābhāge satyametanmayoditam

Translation

โอ้สตรีผู้มีดวงตางาม เครื่องบูชา ‘จารุ’ อันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้ได้จัดทำเพื่อให้บรรลุความหมายแท้จริง และหมู่มนตร์ทั้งปวงที่จะใช้ประกอบพิธีก็ได้ถูกกำหนดไว้โดยเขาตามครรลองแล้ว โอ้ผู้มีบุญยิ่ง ข้ากล่าวแก่เจ้าโดยพิสดาร—นี่คือความจริงตามที่ข้าพูด

Word by Word

• tattva-artham: the true purpose/meaning
• tattva-artham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tattva (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘principle/truth’ + ‘purpose/meaning’)

• kṛtaḥ: done, performed
• kṛtaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक; √kṛ)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (is) ‘done/made’

• anena: by this (person/thing)
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yaḥ: who, which
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• caruḥ: cooked oblation (caru)
• caruḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• cāru-locane: O beautiful-eyed one
• cāru-locane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāru (प्रातिपदिक) + locana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘beautiful’ + ‘eyed’)

• yaḥ: which/that (relative)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक-सर्वनाम

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vihitaḥ: prescribed, enjoined
• vihitaḥ: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vihita (प्रातिपदिक; √dhā + vi)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘prescribed/placed’

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mantra-grāmaḥ: a collection of mantras
• mantra-grāmaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘mantra’ + ‘collection/group’)

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• viśeṣeṇa: especially, in particular
• viśeṣeṇa: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘especially’ (instrumental of manner)

• mahā-bhāge: O greatly fortunate lady
• mahā-bhāge: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘great’ + ‘fortunate’)

• satyam: true
• satyam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: satya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; वाक्ये विधेय-नपुंसक (‘it is true’)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करणभाव)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन

• uditam: spoken, declared
• uditam: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udita (प्रातिपदिक; √vad/√ud? here √vad implied ‘said’ as udita ‘uttered’)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘spoken/uttered’ (agreeing with etat)

Speaker

A male figure in the narrative (not explicitly named in the excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A mother presenting a prepared caru and affirming that the full mantra-set has been prescribed; the daughter listens, fair-eyed, in a private setting with ritual vessels visible.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual acts bear fruit when performed for the true aim (tattva) and according to properly ordained mantras.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This excerpt sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in these lines.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A caru (cooked oblation) is prepared and a mantragrāma (set of mantras) is said to be prescribed for its performance.