Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

ततो धूपं सुगन्धं च यो यच्छति समाहितः । वसवस्त्वां जेतु तथा मन्त्रमेतमुदीरयेत्

Transliteration

tato dhūpaṃ sugandhaṃ ca yo yacchati samāhitaḥ | vasavastvāṃ jetu tathā mantrametamudīrayet

Translation

Pagkaraan, na may payapang isip, sinumang maghandog ng mabangong insenso ay dapat ding bigkasin ang mantrang ito na nagsisimula sa “Vasavas tvāṃ jetu…”.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb; अर्थे ‘ततः/अनन्तरम्’

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन = Masculine Accusative Singular

• sugandham: fragrant
• sugandham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sugandha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (dhūpam इति विशेष्यस्य) = Masculine Accusative Singular adjective

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Nominative Singular pronoun

• yacchati: gives, offers
• yacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन = Present Indicative, 3rd sg

• samāhitaḥ: composed, attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तरि-प्रयोगे विशेषणम् (yaḥ इति) = Past participle used adjectivally, Masculine Nom. Sg

• vasavaḥ: the Vasus (deities)
• vasavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन = Masculine Nominative Plural

• tvām: you
• tvām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम = Accusative Singular pronoun

• jetu: may (they) conquer
• jetu: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ji (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन = Imperative/benedictive sense, 3rd sg ‘let (him/them) conquer’

• tathā: thus, in this manner
• tathā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण = indeclinable adverb ‘thus/so’

• mantram: mantra
• mantram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन = Masculine Accusative Singular

• etam: this
• etam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (mantram इति) = Masculine Accusative Singular demonstrative adjective

• udīrayet: should utter, should recite
• udīrayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-īr (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन = Optative, 3rd sg

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in a tīrtha-temple precinct offers a smoking censer of fragrant incense before a sanctified arrangement representing the eight Vasus; lips moving in mantra-recitation, posture steady and composed.

Characters & Entities

• Vasu (Aṣṭa-Vasu)
• Dhūpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused attention (samādhāna) and reverent offerings are integral to effective worship in a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, as the ritual setting of this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer fragrant incense (dhūpa) and recite the specified ‘Vasavas tvāṃ jetu…’ mantra.