Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

कृष्णागरुसुधूपेन घृतदीपैस्तथोत्तमैः । ततः प्रदापयेत्तत्र नैवेद्यं विविधं क्रमात्

Transliteration

kṛṣṇāgarusudhūpena ghṛtadīpaistathottamaiḥ | tataḥ pradāpayettatra naivedyaṃ vividhaṃ kramāt

Translation

وببخورٍ ممتازٍ من عود الأَغَرُو الداكن، وبمصابيحَ من السمن المصفّى (الغي)، ثمّ على الترتيب ينبغي أن يُقدَّم هناك نَيْوِيدْيَا متنوّع، أي قرابين الطعام.

Word by Word

• कृष्ण-अगरु-सुधूपेन: with black-agaru incense
• कृष्ण-अगरु-सुधूपेन: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + अगरु (प्रातिपदिक) + सुधूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘with excellent incense of black agaru’

• घृत-दीपैः: with ghee lamps
• घृत-दीपैः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; ‘with ghee-lamps’

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘also/likewise’)

• उत्तमैः: excellent
• उत्तमैः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; दीपैः सह विशेषण

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/अनन्तरवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• प्रदापयेत्: should offer/present
• प्रदापयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘cause to be given/offer’)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• विविधम्: various
• विविधम्: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; नैवेद्यम् इति विशेषण

• क्रमात्: in order
• क्रमात्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः; क्रमशः (adverbial)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-priest in Prabhāsa offers dark agaru incense and bright ghee-lamps before the deity, then arranges many dishes of naivedya in a prescribed order; the sea-breeze and temple lamps animate the sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Agaru
• Naivedya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is completed through honoring the deity with fragrance, light, and sustenance—offered in an orderly, reverent manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, highlighted through its prescribed and meritorious pūjā sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer agaru incense and ghee lamps, then present various naivedya items in proper order.