Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

पशुपुष्पोपहारैश्च दीपधूपैस्तथोत्तमैः । तस्याऽरयो न जायंते यावद्वर्षं वरानने

Transliteration

paśupuṣpopahāraiśca dīpadhūpaistathottamaiḥ | tasyā'rayo na jāyaṃte yāvadvarṣaṃ varānane

Translation

Mit Gaben wie Opfertieren und Blumen sowie mit vortrefflichen Lampen und Weihrauch soll man sie ehren. O Schönangesichtige, für jenen Verehrer entstehen das ganze Jahr hindurch keine Feinde.

Word by Word

• पशु: animal (as offering item)
• पशु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form as compound member)

• पुष्प: flower
• पुष्प: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form as compound member)

• उपहारैः: with offerings
• उपहारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

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

• दीप: lamp
• दीप: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (stem-form as compound member)

• धूपैः: with incense
• धूपैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• तथा: also/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• उत्तमैः: excellent, best
• उत्तमैः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying दीपधूपैः/उपहारैः)

• तस्याः: of her/that (goddess/place)
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• अरयः: enemies
• अरयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• जायन्ते: are born/arise
• जायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• यावत्: as long as/until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधिवाचक (until/as long as)

• वर्षम्: a year
• वर्षम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (काल-अवधि), एकवचन

• वरानने: O beautiful-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; समास: वर + आनना (‘beautiful-faced’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (explicitly addressing Varānanā, i.e., Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kaṇṭakaśodhinī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (addressed as varānane)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Navamī pūjā scene: heaps of flowers, tall brass lamps, curling incense; a bali-platform is shown respectfully at the side; the devotee is encircled by an aura of protection warding off shadowy ‘enemies’.

Characters & Entities

• Devī Kaṇṭakaśodhinī
• Varānanā (Pārvatī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship expressed through offerings and reverent ritual yields tangible protection and social harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, via the worship of Devī Kaṇṭakaśodhinī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer flowers and other upahāras, and perform worship with excellent lamps (dīpa) and incense (dhūpa).