Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एताः संपूज्य विधिवत्संतर्प्य दधिपायसैः । गीतवादित्रघोषेण दीपैर्जागरणेन च

Transliteration

etāḥ saṃpūjya vidhivatsaṃtarpya dadhipāyasaiḥ | gītavāditraghoṣeṇa dīpairjāgaraṇena ca

Translation

Nachdem man sie ordnungsgemäß nach Vorschrift verehrt und mit Dadhī (Sauermilch) und Pāyasa (süßem Milchreis) gesättigt hat, (feiere man) mit dem Klang von Gesang und Instrumenten, mit Lampen und mit nächtlicher Vigil.

Word by Word

• एताः: these (women/deities)
• एताः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having worshipped’

• विधिवत्: according to proper rite
• विधिवत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: according to rule)

• संतर्प्य: having satisfied (them)
• संतर्प्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + सम् (उपसर्ग)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; ‘having satisfied/propitiated’

• दधिपायसैः: with curd and sweet milk-rice
• दधिपायसैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि-पायस (प्रातिपदिक; दधि + पायस)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (curd and rice-pudding)

• गीतवादित्रघोषेण: with the sound of singing and instruments
• गीतवादित्रघोषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीत-वादित्र-घोष (प्रातिपदिक; गीत + वादित्र + घोष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; समाहार/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषप्रायः (songs, instruments, and their sound)

• दीपैः: with lamps
• दीपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• जागरणेन: with vigil (staying awake)
• जागरणेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

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

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from concluding ritual celebration instructions)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Night festival in Dvārakā: devotees worship Rukmiṇī (and attendant goddesses/queens) with bowls of curd and sweet rice, lamps blazing, singers and instrumentalists sounding conch and drums, the vigil continuing till dawn.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True celebration of a tīrtha is devotional continuity—worship followed by joyful remembrance through music, light, and wakeful vigilance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where worship culminates in communal devotion—lamps, music, and jāgaraṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer dadhi and pāyasa, perform gīta-vāditra (song and instruments), light dīpas, and observe jāgaraṇa (night vigil).