Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

शंखे तोयं समादाय रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम् । सफलं च ततः कृत्वा अर्घ्यं दद्यात्ततः परम्

Transliteration

śaṃkhe toyaṃ samādāya raktacandanamiśritam | saphalaṃ ca tataḥ kṛtvā arghyaṃ dadyāttataḥ param

Translation

شَنگھ میں پانی لے کر اس میں سرخ چندن ملائے، پھر اس کے ساتھ پھل رکھ کر، اس کے بعد ادب سے اَرجھیا (نذرِ آب) پیش کرے۔

Word by Word

• शंखे: in a conch-shell
• शंखे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समादाय: having taken
• समादाय: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having taken’

• रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम्: mixed with red sandalwood
• रक्तचन्दनमिश्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्तचन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्रित (कृदन्त, √मिश्र्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘रक्तचन्दनेन मिश्रितम्’ (instrumental relation)

• सफलम्: with fruit
• सफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/क्रमसूचक (from/thereafter)

• कृत्वा: having prepared
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), ‘having made/done’

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

• दद्यात्: should offer/give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• ततः: after that
• ततः: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमसूचक (thereafter)

• परम्: next/afterwards
• परम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययप्रयोग (adverbial accusative), ‘afterwards/next’

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda instructing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a tīrtha-bank holds a white conch filled with water tinted by red sandal; fruit is placed nearby; the devotee extends the conch forward to offer arghya in a calm, dawn-lit setting.

Characters & Entities

• Śaṅkha (conch)
• Rakta-candana (red sandalwood)
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Arghya is a gesture of honor and gratitude—offering back to the cosmic giver (the Sun) what sustains life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs in a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not identify the tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare arghya in a conch with water mixed with red sandalwood and accompanied by fruit, then offer it.