Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

लक्षजाप्यविधानेन दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम् । दशांशहोमसंयुक्तं त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः

Transliteration

lakṣajāpyavidhānena dīkṣāsnānādipūrvakam | daśāṃśahomasaṃyuktaṃ trimadhuśrīphalesubhiḥ

Translation

Durch die vorgeschriebene Übung von hunderttausend Wiederholungen (japa), eingeleitet durch dīkṣā, rituelles Bad und dergleichen, und verbunden mit einem homa—Feueropfer—im Umfang eines Zehntels des japa, dargebracht mit den glückverheißenden Gaben des tri-madhu (drei Süßigkeiten) und der śrī-phala, der heiligen Kokosnuss.

Word by Word

• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: by the procedure of a hundred-thousand recitations
• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (लक्षसंख्यकं जाप्यं तस्य विधानम्)

• दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम्: preceded by initiation, bath, etc.
• दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दीक्षास्नानादि पूर्वं यस्य तत्) विशेषण (कर्म/विधान)

• दशांशहोमसंयुक्तम्: accompanied by a tenth-part fire-offering
• दशांशहोमसंयुक्तम्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशांश (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दशांश-होमेन संयुक्तम्) विशेषण

• त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः: with honey, coconut (śrīphala), and sugarcane (ikṣu)
• त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रीफल (प्रातिपदिक) + एषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व/समाहार (मधु, श्रीफल, एषु—त्रयः पदार्थाः)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Siddha-Lakṣmī sādhana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual pavilion near the temple: the sādhaka after snāna sits with a rosary; beside him a homa-kuṇḍa blazes as offerings of honey/sweet substances and coconut are placed into the fire; priests oversee dīkṣā rites.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha-Lakṣmī
• Prabhāsa
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined, rule-based worship—japa supported by purification rites and homa—makes devotion effective and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, presented as a powerful setting for Siddha-Lakṣmī worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform lakṣa-japa preceded by dīkṣā and snāna, and add a daśāṃśa-homa using tri-sweet offerings and śrī-phala (coconut).