Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

श्राद्धार्थं व्रीहयः सृष्टा वन्येषु च प्रियंगवः । गोधूमाश्च यवाश्चैव माषा मुद्राश्च वै नृप

Transliteration

śrāddhārthaṃ vrīhayaḥ sṛṣṭā vanyeṣu ca priyaṃgavaḥ | godhūmāśca yavāścaiva māṣā mudrāśca vai nṛpa

Translation

Zum Zwecke des Śrāddha-Ritus wurde der Reis erschaffen; und unter den Waldkörnern auch der priyaṅgu. Ebenso Weizen, Gerste, māṣa (schwarze Bohne) und mudga, o König.

Word by Word

• श्राद्धार्थम्: for the purpose of śrāddha
• श्राद्धार्थम्: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुष: श्राद्धाय अर्थः/प्रयोजनम्); अव्ययभावे द्वितीया-एकवचन-प्रयोग (purpose adverbial: 'for the sake of')

• व्रीहयः: rice grains
• व्रीहयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सृष्टाः: created
• सृष्टाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वन्येषु: among wild (varieties)
• वन्येषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (7th case/Locative), बहुवचन (locative: 'among wild [grains]')

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

• प्रियंगवः: priyaṅgu grains (a millet)
• प्रियंगवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन (पाठभेदे 'प्रियंगवः' = प्रियङ्गवः)

• गोधूमाः: wheat
• गोधूमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + धूम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोग: 'गवां धूम इव' इति नाम; conventional); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• यवाः: barley
• यवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• माषाः: black gram (māṣa)
• माषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मुद्राः: mudrā/mudga-type pulse (as read)
• मुद्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे प्रथमा, बहुवचन (पाठे 'मुद्राश्च'—अत्र धान्यविशेषः; 'मुद्ग' इति पाठभेदः सम्भवः)

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

• वै: indeed, verily
• वै: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/सम्बोधन-प्रयुक्त (particle: 'indeed/verily')

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन, एकवचन

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ānarta

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual preparation scene: bowls of rice, priyaṅgu, wheat, barley, black gram, and mudga laid out for śrāddha; the sage enumerates them to the king, indicating their intended sacred use.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Vrīhi (rice)
• Priyaṅgu
• Godhūma (wheat)
• Yava (barley)
• Māṣa
• Mudga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food offered with faith becomes a bridge of gratitude to ancestors; the Purāṇa dignifies staple grains as divinely provided for śrāddha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This line is a ritual-material enumeration within Tīrthamāhātmya; no single tīrtha is explicitly named here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It lists grains/legumes suitable for śrāddha offerings—rice, priyaṅgu, wheat, barley, māṣa, and mudga.