Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

श्रावणे तु कदंबेन पूजनं तीक्ष्णदीधितेः । नैवेद्ये मोदकाश्चैव तगरं धूप माददेत्

Transliteration

śrāvaṇe tu kadaṃbena pūjanaṃ tīkṣṇadīdhiteḥ | naivedye modakāścaiva tagaraṃ dhūpa mādadet

Translation

Vào tháng Śrāvaṇa, hãy thờ phụng đấng có tia sáng sắc bén (Thần Mặt Trời) bằng hoa kadamba. Dâng modaka làm naivedya, và dùng tagara làm hương.

Word by Word

• śrāvaṇe: in (the month of) Śrāvaṇa
• śrāvaṇe: Adhikarana (Time-locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāvaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वय-बोधक अव्यय (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• kadambena: with kadamba (flowers)
• kadambena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kadamba (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• pūjanam: worship
• pūjanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tīkṣṇa-dīdhiteḥ: of the sharp-rayed (Sun)
• tīkṣṇa-dīdhiteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīkṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + dīdhiti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (tīkṣṇā dīdhitiḥ yasya) ‘of the sharp-rayed one’

• naivedye: in the offering
• naivedye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• modakāḥ: sweet dumplings (modakas)
• modakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: modaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• tagaram: tagara (perfume)
• tagaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tagara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ādadet: should offer/present
• ādadet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु) + ā- (उपसर्ग); ādade (आददाति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘should take/offer’ (context: offer as naivedya/dhūpa)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from didactic sequence)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śrāvaṇa greenery surrounds a shrine; kadamba blossoms are heaped before a radiant Sūrya emblem; modakas on a platter; tagara incense sends pale fragrant smoke upward.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāvaṇa
• Kadamba
• Sūrya (tīkṣṇadīdhiti)
• Modaka
• Tagara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion follows sacred rhythms: each month is sanctified through its own fitting offerings to the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line does not name a tīrtha; it gives month-specific worship items within a tīrtha-centered discourse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Śrāvaṇa, worship the Sun with kadamba; offer modakas as naivedya and tagara as incense.