Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

अर्घ्यो मे गृह्यतां देवौ स्यातं सर्वसुखप्रदौ । तृतीये प्रहरे प्राप्ते शतपत्र्या प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

arghyo me gṛhyatāṃ devau syātaṃ sarvasukhapradau | tṛtīye prahare prāpte śatapatryā prapūjayet

Translation

“Xin hai Đấng Thiêng liêng thọ nhận arghya của con, và ban cho mọi an lạc.” Khi đến canh thứ ba, hãy cúng bái bằng hoa śatapatrī.

Word by Word

• अर्घ्यः: the arghya offering
• अर्घ्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘arghya (offering)’ as subject/topic

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी एकवचन; here षष्ठी (my)

• गृह्यताम्: may it be accepted
• गृह्यताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be accepted’

• देवौ: O two gods
• देवौ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा, द्विवचन; here सम्बोधन (O two gods)

• स्यातम्: may you two be
• स्यातम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यमपुरुष, द्विवचन; ‘may you two be’

• सर्वसुखप्रदौ: givers of all happiness
• सर्वसुखप्रदौ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + सुख + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/सम्बोधन, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष ‘giver of all happiness’ qualifying देवौ

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; agrees with प्रहरे

• प्रहरे: watch/period (of the day)
• प्रहरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रहर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; time-locative

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has come/arrived
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन; locative absolute with प्रहरे: ‘when the watch has arrived’

• शतपत्र्या: with a śatapatrī flower
• शतपत्र्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शतपत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; instrument (with śatapatrī-flower, lotus/rose)

• प्रपूजयेत्: should worship (especially)
• प्रपूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; should worship well

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya instructional passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī (addressed earlier; continuity)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At late afternoon (third prahara), golden light enters the temple; the devotee offers arghya to the divine couple and places a śatapatrī flower at their feet.

Characters & Entities

• Arghya
• Umā
• Maheśvara
• Śatapatrī
• Prahara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Humble honoring (arghya) and timely worship invite the deity’s grace as universal well-being and joy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This is part of a Tīrthamāhātmya worship-sequence; the specific place-name is not contained in the verse itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer arghya with a prayer for welfare, and in the third prahara worship using the śatapatrī flower.