Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

परिप्लुतैः पुंडरीकैर्गव्येन हविषास्फुटैः । सशर्करेण मेधावी सक्षौद्रेण सदाशुचिः

Transliteration

pariplutaiḥ puṃḍarīkairgavyena haviṣāsphuṭaiḥ | saśarkareṇa medhāvī sakṣaudreṇa sadāśuciḥ

Translation

Mit voll erblühten weißen Lotosblüten und mit geklärtem Kuh-Ghee als reiner Opfergabe—vermengt mit Zucker und Honig—soll der weise Übende, stets rein, die Darbringung vollziehen.

Word by Word

• परिप्लुतैः: well-soaked / flooded
• परिप्लुतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि- प्लु (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृदन्त/क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) पुंडरीकैः-विशेषणम्

• पुण्डरीकैः: with white lotuses
• पुण्डरीकैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्डरीक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गव्येन: with cow-products (e.g., milk/ghee)
• गव्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अस्फुटैः: not broken / intact
• अस्फुटैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्फुट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective) (पुण्डरीकैः/द्रव्यैः)

• सशर्करेण: together with sugar
• सशर्करेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स-’ उपसर्गवत् (with); विशेषण (adjective) (द्रव्ये)

• मेधावी: the intelligent person
• मेधावी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सक्षौद्रेण: together with honey
• सक्षौद्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + क्षौद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘स-’ (with); विशेषण (adjective) (द्रव्ये)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• अशुचिः: impure
• अशुचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अशुचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (adjective) मेधावी-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśī Khaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up ritual still life: a homa altar with a heap of white lotuses, a golden ghee pot, bowls of sugar crystals and honey; the practitioner, clean and composed, offers with a ladle as flames rise steadily.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Outer purity and careful choice of offerings support inner clarity and the efficacy of sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Kāśī setting is implied; this verse primarily details ritual materials rather than a localized tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use white lotuses and pure cow-ghee as oblation, combined with sugar and honey, maintaining constant cleanliness.