Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पुण्यं सर्वपुराणानां ते लभंते दिनेदिने । पक्वान्नं ये प्रकुर्वंति हविर्द्धान्यसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

puṇyaṃ sarvapurāṇānāṃ te labhaṃte dinedine | pakvānnaṃ ye prakurvaṃti havirddhānyasamudbhavam

Translation

Tag für Tag erlangen sie das in allen Purāṇas gepriesene Verdienst—jene, die gekochte Speise aus Havis‑Körnern (Opfergetreide) bereiten und sie in Hingabe darbringen.

Word by Word

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarva-purāṇānām: of all Purāṇas
• sarva-purāṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• labhante: obtain
• labhante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• dine: in a day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• dine: day by day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (idiom: day by day)

• pakva-annam: cooked food
• pakva-annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakva (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• prakurvanti: prepare / make
• prakurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• haviḥ-dhānya-samudbhavam: arisen from sacrificial grains (havis-grain produce)
• haviḥ-dhānya-samudbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: havis (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (pakvānnam)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees in Dvārakā cook havis-grains in clean vessels, offer a steaming naivedya before a Viṣṇu shrine, then serve prasāda to pilgrims seated in rows; temple flags and sea-breeze implied.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotional offering—especially sanctified food prepared in a sacred manner—accumulates Purāṇic merit steadily, day by day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, framing Dvārakā as a place where Vaiṣṇava worship yields exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparing cooked food from havis-type grains as a devotional offering (naivedya) in a consecrated, dharmic way.