Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

दाडिमानि विचित्राणि मातुलिंगानि शोभने । करीराणि तथा चान्या गृहीत्वा करमर्दकान्

Transliteration

dāḍimāni vicitrāṇi mātuliṃgāni śobhane | karīrāṇi tathā cānyā gṛhītvā karamardakān

Translation

وأخذت بعضهن رمانًا متنوع الألوان وثمار مātuliṅga (الأترج) البهيّة، يا مشرقًا؛ وحملت أخريات ثمار karīra أيضًا، وبعد أن جمعنها حملن ثمار karamardaka كذلك.

Word by Word

• दाडिमानि: pomegranates
• दाडिमानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दाडिम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन

• विचित्राणि: variegated, diverse
• विचित्राणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विचित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मातुलिंगानि: citrons
• मातुलिंगानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातुलिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• शोभने: O beautiful one
• शोभने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोभन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन; संबोधनपदम्

• करीराणि: karīra fruits (capers)
• करीराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction/particle)

• अन्याः: others (women)
• अन्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग (pronoun-like)

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; धातु: ग्रह् (to take)

• करमर्दकान्: karamarda fruits (a kind of berry)
• करमर्दकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करमर्दक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: śobhane (addressed ‘O radiant/beautiful one’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Attendants display colorful pomegranates and bright citrons; others carry karīra and karamardaka fruits, suggesting arid-coastal flora; the procession glows with natural colors against a sacred backdrop.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Beauty and abundance of nature—especially fruits—are redirected toward worship and merit when offered in a holy setting.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), as part of its Māhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is commanded; the verse depicts collection of fruits suitable for offering (naivedya) or charitable distribution.