Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

घृतपूर्णापूपकाश्च बहुक्षीरसमन्विताः । पूपकास्तादृशाः कार्या द्वितीयाऽशोकवर्तिका

Transliteration

ghṛtapūrṇāpūpakāśca bahukṣīrasamanvitāḥ | pūpakāstādṛśāḥ kāryā dvitīyā'śokavartikā

Translation

يُعَدُّ أپُوپا (كعكٌ قُرباني) مملوءٌ بالسمن المصفّى (غِهي) ومصنوعٌ بلبنٍ غزير. وتُصنَع كعكاتٌ من ذلك الصنف بعينه؛ وأمّا القُربان الثاني فهو «أشوكا-فرتيكا»، أي فتيلة/لفافةُ تقدمةٍ تُسمّى «أشوكا».

Word by Word

• ghṛta-pūrṇa-āpūpakāḥ: cakes filled with ghee
• ghṛta-pūrṇa-āpūpakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + pūrṇa (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + āpūpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (घृतेन पूर्णाः आपूपकाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

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

• bahu-kṣīra-samanvitāḥ: endowed with much milk
• bahu-kṣīra-samanvitāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣīra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √i (धातु) + sam- (उपसर्ग) + ni + kta)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• pūpakāḥ: cakes
• pūpakāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• tādṛśāḥ: such; of that kind
• tādṛśāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• kāryāḥ: to be made
• kāryāḥ: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (धातु) + ya → kārya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थक), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (gerundive; masc nom pl)

• dvitīyā: the second
• dvitīyā: Visheshana (Ordinal/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvitīya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem nom sg)

• aśoka-vartikā: Aśoka-vartikā (a named preparation)
• aśoka-vartikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśoka (प्रातिपदिक) + vartikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास, स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem nom sg)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī-sthala (Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up ritual still-life: golden apūpas split to show ghee filling, bowls of milk, and a carefully formed aśoka-vartikā placed beside a lit lamp; the Devī altar glows behind.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving is expressed through carefully prepared offerings, highlighting intentionality and reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, in the context of offerings made before Sāvitrī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare ghee-filled, milk-rich apūpa/pūpaka cakes and offer the item termed aśoka-vartikā as part of the sequence.