Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 42

Devanagari script

फलानि चैव पक्वानि मूलमंत्रेण दापयेत् । ऋग्वेदं च यजुर्वेदं सामवेदं च पूजयेत्

Transliteration

phalāni caiva pakvāni mūlamaṃtreṇa dāpayet | ṛgvedaṃ ca yajurvedaṃ sāmavedaṃ ca pūjayet

Translation

Man soll reife Früchte unter Rezitation der Mūla-Mantra darbringen; und ebenso Ṛgveda, Yajurveda und Sāmaveda verehren.

Word by Word

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• पक्वानि: ripe
• पक्वानि: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पक्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन; फलानि इति विशेषण

• मूल-मन्त्रेण: with the root mantra
• मूल-मन्त्रेण: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; ‘with the root-mantra’

• दापयेत्: should offer/give
• दापयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + णिच्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative: ‘should cause to be given/offer’)

• ऋग्वेदम्: the Ṛgveda
• ऋग्वेदम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यजुर्वेदम्: the Yajurveda
• यजुर्वेदम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• सामवेदम्: the Sāmaveda
• सामवेदम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूजयेत्: should worship/honour
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before the deity, baskets of ripe fruits are offered as the priest chants the root-mantra; nearby, symbolic representations of the three Vedas—palm-leaf manuscripts or bound texts—are garlanded and saluted.

Characters & Entities

• Ṛgveda
• Yajurveda
• Sāmaveda
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic worship integrates mantra and śāstra—honouring the Vedas is itself an act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such Vedic-honouring worship is prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer ripe fruits with the mūla-mantra and perform pūjā to the three Vedas (Ṛg, Yajur, Sāma).