Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तस्य शक्रः स्वहस्तेन तांबूलं च प्रयच्छति । स च तद्भक्षयामास प्रहृष्टेनांतरात्मना

Transliteration

tasya śakraḥ svahastena tāṃbūlaṃ ca prayacchati | sa ca tadbhakṣayāmāsa prahṛṣṭenāṃtarātmanā

Translation

ท้าวศักระ (อินทรา) ยื่นตัมพูลด้วยพระหัตถ์ของตนเองแก่เขา; และเขาก็เสวยด้วยดวงใจภายในที่ปลื้มปีติยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that (his)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/Relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• शक्रः: Śakra (Indra)
• शक्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• स्वहस्तेन: with his own hand
• स्वहस्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य हस्तः)

• ताम्बूलम्: betel (leaf/quid)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• प्रयच्छति: gives, offers
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्षयामास: ate, consumed
• भक्षयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; ‘आमास’ इति परिप्रयोगः (periphrastic perfect usage)

• प्रहृष्टेन: with joy, delighted
• प्रहृष्टेन: Hetu/Avyaya-bhava (Manner/भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र + हृष् धातोः क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle)

• अन्तरात्मना: with (his) inner self/heart
• अन्तरात्मना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तरात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Nāgara Khaṇḍa context; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pṛthivīpati (king) addressed in surrounding verses

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a celestial court setting, Indra (Śakra) extends a neatly prepared tāmbūla to a humble king; the king receives and chews it with visible inner delight, attendants and apsarases witnessing the honor.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Tāmbūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When devotion is sincere, even the gods reciprocate with intimate hospitality—honoring the devotee and sanctifying cultural offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The scene is set in Indra’s realm (Tridaśālaya/Indraloka), presented as a sanctified destination reached through devotion.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tāmbūla appears as an upacāra (honorific offering); the verse depicts divine offering and reverent acceptance.