Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नारिकेलफलं दद्याद्दमनेन प्रपूजयेत् । शर्करां प्राशयेद्रात्रौ जागरं चैव कारयेत्

Transliteration

nārikelaphalaṃ dadyāddamanena prapūjayet | śarkarāṃ prāśayedrātrau jāgaraṃ caiva kārayet

Translation

ينبغي أن يُقدَّم جوز الهند قربانًا، وتُؤدَّى العبادة بعشب الدمانا (دورفا). وفي الليل يتناول المرء السكر، ويقيم أيضًا السهر التعبدي (جاغرَنة).

Word by Word

• nārikelaphalam: coconut fruit
• nārikelaphalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārīkela (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒, दान) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• damanena: with damana (a sacred grass/plant)
• damanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: damana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• prapūjayet: should worship well
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śarkarām: sugar
• śarkarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarkarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• prāśayet: should eat / should cause to be eaten
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (प्राश्, भक्षणे) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (causative sense possible by context: ‘cause to eat’), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• jāgaram: vigil (staying awake)
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• kārayet: should cause to be done / should perform (arrange)
• kārayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ, करणॆ) (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa at dusk: coconut offering placed before a shrine, green damana/dūrvā garlands, lamps lit for an all-night vigil; sugar offered as small prasāda bowl.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wakeful devotion and simple regulated food offered in a sacred context are taught as potent supports for vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer coconut, worship with damana, take sugar at night, and observe jāgaraṇa (vigil).