Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रत्यूषे तिलपात्रं च ब्राह्मणाय निवेदयेत् । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो ब्रह्म लोके महीयते

Transliteration

pratyūṣe tilapātraṃ ca brāhmaṇāya nivedayet | sarvapāpavinirmukto brahma loke mahīyate

Translation

سحر کے وقت برہمن کو تلوں کا برتن نذر کرے؛ وہ سب گناہوں سے پاک ہو کر برہما لوک میں معزز ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• प्रत्यूषे: at dawn
• प्रत्यूषे: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रत्यूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• तिलपात्रम्: a vessel of sesame (seeds)
• तिलपात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल-पात्र (प्रातिपदिक: तिल + पात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, accusative, singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, dative, singular)

• निवेदयेत्: should offer; should present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (optative, 3rd person, singular)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्त (प्रातिपदिक: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (past passive participle used adjectivally)

• ब्रह्म: Brahman; the Absolute
• ब्रह्म: Gati/Phala (Goal/Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative, singular)

• लोके: in the world (realm)
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (masculine, locative, singular)

• महीयते: is honored; is glorified
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (present, 3rd person, singular, passive/ātmanepada usage: is honored)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Viśvāmitra-hrada (contextual)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn, a pilgrim offers a brass/copper vessel filled with sesame to a seated brāhmaṇa on the river/lake bank; the sun just rising; ritual items (water pot, kusa grass) nearby; atmosphere of quiet charity.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Tila (sesame)
• Brahma-loka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with proper timing and recipient (brāhmaṇa) is a potent purifier and elevates one to higher spiritual realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Māgha-tīrtha context; it does not name a new site, but supports the tīrtha observance with dāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratyūṣa-kāla tila-dāna—offering a sesame-filled vessel to a brāhmaṇa at dawn.