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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

पत्राणां चैव पुष्पाणां नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया । कृष्णदेवस्य पूजायामनंतं भवति द्विजाः

patrāṇāṃ caiva puṣpāṇāṃ naivedyasikthasaṃkhyayā | kṛṣṇadevasya pūjāyāmanaṃtaṃ bhavati dvijāḥ

হে দ্বিজসকল, শ্ৰীকৃষ্ণদেৱৰ পূজাত ফল অনন্ত হয়—পাত আৰু ফুলৰ সংখ্যাৰে হওক, বা নৈবেদ্য আৰু দীপ (সিক্থ) অৰ্পণে হওক।

पत्राणाम्of leaves
पत्राणाम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
and
:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed; just
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)
पुष्पाणाम्of flowers
पुष्पाणाम्:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्ययाby the count/number of offerings and wax (candles)
नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया:
Karana (Measure/Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootनैवेद्य + सिक्थ + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)
कृष्णदेवस्यof Lord Kṛṣṇa
कृष्णदेवस्य:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootकृष्ण + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)
पूजायाम्in worship
पूजायाम्:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootपूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)
अनन्तम्infinite (merit)
अनन्तम्:
Karma (Result/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; फलरूपे (as result)
भवतिbecomes; arises
भवति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
द्विजाःO twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
द्विजाः:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (address)

Unspecified in snippet (addressing dvijāḥ)

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Scene: Brāhmaṇas and devotees offer garlands, tulasī/leaves, flowers, naivedya plates, and rows of lamps before Kṛṣṇa; the offerings appear to extend infinitely like a luminous corridor.

K
Kṛṣṇa
D
Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

Devotion expressed through simple offerings to Kṛṣṇa yields limitless spiritual fruit.

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s worship is celebrated as uniquely fruitful.

Pūjā of Kṛṣṇa with leaves, flowers, naivedya (food offering), and lighting offerings (lamps).