Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

दक्षिणां च ततो दद्याद्रजतं रुक्ममेव च । विशेषतः प्रदातव्यं पायसं च सशर्करम्

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāṃ ca tato dadyādrajataṃ rukmameva ca | viśeṣataḥ pradātavyaṃ pāyasaṃ ca saśarkaram

Translation

Dann soll man Dakṣiṇā (priesterliches Ehrengeld) geben—Silber und auch Gold; und insbesondere soll man Pāyasa (süßen Milchreis) zusammen mit Zucker darbringen.

Word by Word

• दक्षिणाम्: fee, honorarium (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थ (thereafter)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• रजतम्: silver
• रजतम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रुक्मम्: gold
• रुक्मम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, also
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis/only/indeed)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थ (especially)

• प्रदातव्यम्: to be given, should be offered
• प्रदातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be given)

• पायसम्: rice pudding, sweet milk-food
• पायसम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात

• सशर्करम्: with sugar
• सशर्करम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शर्कर (प्रातिपदिक; स + शर्करा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः ('with sugar'); विशेषणम् (of pāyasam)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māyā-saras (contextual)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha pavilion: a priest receives dakṣiṇā; vessels of silver and gold are presented; a bowl of pāyasa sprinkled with sugar is offered with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇā
• Rajata (silver)
• Rukma (gold)
• Pāyasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual worship is completed by generosity—honoring sacred duty through appropriate gifts and nourishing offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prescriptions belong to the Mayatīrtha/Mayasya-saras observance in Dvārakā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give dakṣiṇā (including silver and gold) and especially offer pāyasa with sugar.