Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

बीजपूरफलैश्चैव दद्यादर्घ्यं सुभक्तितः । शंखतोयं समादाय तस्योपरि फलं शुभम्

Transliteration

bījapūraphalaiścaiva dadyādarghyaṃ subhaktitaḥ | śaṃkhatoyaṃ samādāya tasyopari phalaṃ śubham

Translation

และด้วยผลบีชปูระด้วย พึงถวายอัรฆยะด้วยภักติอันจริงใจ ตักน้ำไว้ในสังข์ แล้ววางผลไม้มงคลไว้เหนือสังข์นั้น (เป็นองค์แห่งการถวาย)

Word by Word

• बीजपूरफलैः: with citron fruits (bījapūra)
• बीजपूरफलैः: करण (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीजपूर + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; 'बीजपूरस्य फलानि' इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: निपात (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle/Emphasis)

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya-offering
• अर्घ्यम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• सुभक्तितः: with sincere devotion
• सुभक्तितः: हेतु (Cause/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Ablatival adverb): 'सुभक्तेः' = 'from/with good devotion'

• शङ्खतोयम्: water in a conch
• शङ्खतोयम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्ख + तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; 'शङ्खे तोयम्' इति सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund); उपसर्गः: सम्-आ; अर्थः 'having taken'

• तस्य: of it/its
• तस्य: सम्बन्ध (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• उपरि: upon/on top
• उपरि: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Postposition/Adverb)

• फलम्: a fruit
• फलम्: कर्म/विधेय (Placed item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; फलस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee holds a white conch filled with water; an auspicious fruit rests atop or is presented together as arghya before a Keśava image; the altar glows with lamps and flowers.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu (implicit via later verses)
• bījapūra
• arghya
• śaṅkha (conch)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti sanctifies ritual: arghya becomes spiritually potent when offered with devotion and purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification chapter; the verse itself focuses on the method of arghya rather than naming the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya using water held in a conch, placing an auspicious fruit atop/with it, including bījapūra fruit among the offerings.