Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

अम्मयो भगवान्भानुरमुं यज्ञं प्रवर्तयन् । इदमर्घ्यं च पाद्यं च प्रगृहाण नमोनमः

Transliteration

ammayo bhagavānbhānuramuṃ yajñaṃ pravartayan | idamarghyaṃ ca pādyaṃ ca pragṛhāṇa namonamaḥ

Translation

Ôi Bhagavān Bhānu, hiện thân cam lộ, Đấng khởi động tế lễ này—xin thọ nhận lễ arghya và nước rửa chân này. Kính lễ, kính lễ Ngài.

Word by Word

• अम्मयः: consisting of nectar/ambrosial (epithet)
• अम्मयः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अम्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भानुः: the Sun
• भानुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अमुम्: this/that (yajña)
• अमुम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यज्ञम्: sacrifice
• यज्ञम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्रवर्तयन्: setting in motion/initiating
• प्रवर्तयन्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + वृत् (धातु) → प्रवर्तयत् (कृदन्त-शतृ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वर्तमानकालिक-कर्तरि कृदन्त (present active participle)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

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

• पाद्यम्: water for washing feet
• पाद्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• प्रगृहाण: please accept
• प्रगृहाण: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (indeclinable interjection of salutation)

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (Salutation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: निपात/अव्यय (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sūrya-arghya (portable rite; often performed at ghāṭa/riverbank)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise, the worshipper holds a vessel of water; the Sun appears as a radiant deity above the horizon. The altar has two offerings: arghya (water oblation) and pādya (foot-washing water), with the devotee bowing repeatedly (namonamaḥ).

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya (Bhānu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Treat Sūrya as Bhagavān and the very power that enables yajña; devotion is expressed through humble offerings and repeated salutations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the focus is the universal rite of Sūrya-pūjā within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya (honor-water) and pādya (foot-washing water) to Sūrya while reciting a reverential acceptance-mantra.