Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

दशम्यां सर्वगंधांश्च एकादश्यां च मौक्तिकम् । द्वादश्यां सुव्रतेन्नाद्यं प्रवालं विधिवत्तथा

Transliteration

daśamyāṃ sarvagaṃdhāṃśca ekādaśyāṃ ca mauktikam | dvādaśyāṃ suvratennādyaṃ pravālaṃ vidhivattathā

Translation

দশমীতে সর্বপ্রকার সুগন্ধি দ্রব্য অর্পণ করবে, একাদশীতে মুক্তা; আর দ্বাদশীতে সুব্রতী বিধিপূর্বক প্রবাল প্রভৃতি নির্দিষ্ট দান দেবে।

Word by Word

• दशम्याम्: on the tenth (tithi)
• दशम्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• सर्वगन्धान्: all fragrances
• सर्वगन्धान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय-समासः (सर्वे गन्धाः)

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

• एकादश्याम्: on the eleventh (tithi)
• एकादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

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

• मौक्तिकम्: a pearl
• मौक्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• द्वादश्याम्: on the twelfth (tithi)
• द्वादश्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तिथिवाचकः

• सुव्रतेन: by/with a person of good vow
• सुव्रतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि-समासः (सु-व्रतः यस्य सः = one of good vow); कर्तृ-विशेषणरूपेण

• आद्यम्: first/excellent
• आद्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (प्रवालम्/दान-वस्तु)

• प्रवालम्: coral
• प्रवालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रवाल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक-क्रियाविशेषणम् (according to rule)

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ-क्रियाविशेषणम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī) and/or assembled sages (contextual frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers fragrant unguents, then pearls, then coral at a shrine precinct, with priests reciting and the sea-breeze carrying incense; donation vessels and ritual trays are arranged by lunar-day markers.

Characters & Entities

• Daśamī
• Ekādaśī
• Dvādaśī
• Mauktika (pearls)
• Pravāla (coral)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Refined offerings—fragrance and precious gems—become dharmic when guided by vrata discipline and scriptural order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the context of a tithi-wise donation regimen.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Daśamī: fragrances; Ekādaśī: pearls; Dvādaśī: coral and other rule-based offerings by a disciplined votary.