Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दिव्यैर्माल्यैः सुगन्धैश्च गन्धधूपैस्तथाऽक्षतैः । संपूज्य हृष्टमनसः साधुसाध्विति चाब्रुवन्

Transliteration

divyairmālyaiḥ sugandhaiśca gandhadhūpaistathā'kṣataiḥ | saṃpūjya hṛṣṭamanasaḥ sādhusādhviti cābruvan

Translation

وبأكاليل سماوية وعطور وبخور طيّب وبحبوبٍ غير مكسورة (أكشَتا)، أتمّوا عبادتها؛ وفرحين في قلوبهم قالوا: «سادهو، سادهو! أحسنتِ، أحسنتِ!»

Word by Word

• दिव्यैः: divine
• दिव्यैः: Karana (Instrument-qualifier/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (माल्यैः/सुगन्धैः/गन्धधूपैः/अक्षतैः)

• माल्यैः: with garlands
• माल्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• सुगन्धैः: with fragrances; perfumes
• सुगन्धैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः)

• गन्धधूपैः: with scents and incense
• गन्धधूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + धूप (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गन्धाश्च धूपाश्च)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक)

• अक्षतैः: with unbroken rice grains
• अक्षतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• संपूज्य: having worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पूज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (पूर्वकाल), ‘संपूज्य’ = having worshipped

• हृष्टमनसः: with delighted minds
• हृष्टमनसः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृष्ट + मनस् (प्रातिपदिकौ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टं मनः येषाम्) विशेषणम् (ते/मनुजाः)

• साधु: well done; good
• साधु: Karma (Quoted utterance/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रशंसार्थक-निपातः)

• साधु: well done
• साधु: Karma (Quoted utterance/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: साधु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरुक्त-प्रशंसा)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उक्त्यन्त-निपातः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः)

• अब्रुवन्: they said
• अब्रुवन्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (अनद्यतनभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator within the Dvārakā Māhātmya (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages perform a full worship: fragrant garlands drape the honored figure; incense smoke curls upward; akṣata is offered; faces glow with joy as they proclaim ‘sādhu, sādhu’.

Characters & Entities

• Akṣata
• Incense (dhūpa)
• Garlands (mālya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful, reverent worship of sacred presences (deity/river) is praised as a wholesome expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gomatī tīrtha context within Dvārakā Māhātmya, where the river is honored with formal offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā using garlands (mālya), fragrances, incense (dhūpa), and akṣata (unbroken rice/grains).