Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

पत्राणां चैव पुष्पाणां नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया । कृष्णदेवस्य पूजायामनंतं भवति द्विजाः

Transliteration

patrāṇāṃ caiva puṣpāṇāṃ naivedyasikthasaṃkhyayā | kṛṣṇadevasya pūjāyāmanaṃtaṃ bhavati dvijāḥ

Translation

O Brāhmaṇas, in der Verehrung des Herrn Kṛṣṇa wird die Frucht endlos—sei es nach der Zahl der dargebrachten Blätter und Blumen, sei es nach Speiseopfern (Naivedya) und Opferlampen bemessen.

Word by Word

• पत्राणाम्: of leaves
• पत्राणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पुष्पाणाम्: of flowers
• पुष्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया: by the count/number of offerings and wax (candles)
• नैवेद्यसिक्थसंख्यया: Karana (Measure/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य + सिक्थ + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• कृष्णदेवस्य: of Lord Kṛṣṇa
• कृष्णदेवस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• पूजायाम्: in worship
• पूजायाम्: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अनन्तम्: infinite (merit)
• अनन्तम्: Karma (Result/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; फलरूपे (as result)

• भवति: becomes; arises
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• द्विजाः: O twice-born (brāhmaṇas)
• द्विजाः: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बोधनार्थे (address)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (addressing dvijāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (dvijāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas and devotees offer garlands, tulasī/leaves, flowers, naivedya plates, and rows of lamps before Kṛṣṇa; the offerings appear to extend infinitely like a luminous corridor.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dvārakā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through simple offerings to Kṛṣṇa yields limitless spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Kṛṣṇa’s worship is celebrated as uniquely fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Kṛṣṇa with leaves, flowers, naivedya (food offering), and lighting offerings (lamps).