Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अर्घ्यो मे गृह्यतां देवौ स्यातं सर्वसुखप्रदौ । तृतीये प्रहरे प्राप्ते शतपत्र्या प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

arghyo me gṛhyatāṃ devau syātaṃ sarvasukhapradau | tṛtīye prahare prāpte śatapatryā prapūjayet

Translation

‘ขอพระคู่ทิพย์ทรงรับอรฺฆยะของข้าพเจ้า และขอประทานสุขทั้งปวง’ ครั้นถึงยามที่สามของวัน พึงบูชาด้วยดอกศตปัตรี

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यः: the arghya offering
• अर्घ्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘arghya (offering)’ as subject/topic

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन; here षष्ठी (my)

• गृह्यताम्: may it be accepted
• गृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be accepted’

• देवौ: O two gods
• देवौ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, द्विवचन; here सम्बोधन (O two gods)

• स्यातम्: may you two be
• स्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन; ‘may you two be’

• सर्वसुखप्रदौ: givers of all happiness
• सर्वसुखप्रदौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सुख + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘giver of all happiness’ qualifying देवौ

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with प्रहरे

• प्रहरे: watch/period (of the day)
• प्रहरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; time-locative

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative absolute with प्रहरे: ‘when the watch has arrived’

• शतपत्र्या: with a śatapatrī flower
• शतपत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrument (with śatapatrī-flower, lotus/rose)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship (especially)
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship well

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed earlier; continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At late afternoon (third prahara), golden light enters the temple; the devotee offers arghya to the divine couple and places a śatapatrī flower at their feet.

Characters & Entities

• Arghya
• Umā
• Maheśvara
• Śatapatrī
• Prahara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble honoring (arghya) and timely worship invite the deity’s grace as universal well-being and joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya worship-sequence; the specific place-name is not contained in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya with a prayer for welfare, and in the third prahara worship using the śatapatrī flower.