Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

भास्कर उवाच । गृहाण त्वं महाभाग गुटिकाद्वितयं शुभम् । शुक्लं कृष्णं च वक्त्रस्थं विभेद जननं महत्

Transliteration

bhāskara uvāca | gṛhāṇa tvaṃ mahābhāga guṭikādvitayaṃ śubham | śuklaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca vaktrasthaṃ vibheda jananaṃ mahat

Translation

Bhāskara nói: “Hỡi người hữu phúc, hãy nhận lấy đôi viên hoàn linh này—một trắng, một đen. Giữ trong miệng, chúng phát sinh năng lực phân biệt lớn lao (tạo tác dụng khác nhau).”

Word by Word

• bhāskaraḥ: Bhāskara (Sun)
• bhāskaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāskara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• gṛhāṇa: take/accept
• gṛhāṇa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः

• guṭikā-dvitayam: a pair of pellets/pills
• guṭikā-dvitayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṭikā (प्रातिपदिक) + dvitaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pair of pills)

• śubham: auspicious
• śubham: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• śuklam: white
• śuklam: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kṛṣṇam: black
• kṛṣṇam: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vaktra-stham: placed in the mouth
• vaktra-stham: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vaktra (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (situated in the mouth)

• vibheda: distinguish/separate
• vibheda: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi+bhid (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• jananam: producing/causing
• jananam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object-Qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Bhāskara (Sūrya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Puṣpa (or the fortunate recipient addressed as mahābhāga)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bhāskara, radiant like the sun, offers two small pellets—one white, one black—to a fortunate recipient, instructing that they be kept in the mouth to produce distinct effects.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine gifts are given with precise instructions; dharma requires right method (vidhi) and discernment of effects.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is instructional and does not itself name a tīrtha, though it appears within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An observance-like instruction is given: keep the white/black pellets in the mouth (vaktrastha) to generate distinct results.