Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

प्रियंगुः कोविदारश्च कोरदूषाः सतीनकाः । माषा मुद्गा मसूराश्च निष्पावाः सकुलत्थकाः

Transliteration

priyaṃguḥ kovidāraśca koradūṣāḥ satīnakāḥ | māṣā mudgā masūrāśca niṣpāvāḥ sakulatthakāḥ

Translation

Priyaṅgu, kovidāra, koradūṣa, satīna; schwarzer Mung (Urad), grüner Mung, Linse; dazu niṣpāva und kulattha—

Word by Word

• प्रियङ्गुः: priyaṅgu (a grain/plant)
• प्रियङ्गुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियङ्गु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (जातिवाचक-एकवचन)

• कोविदारः: kovidāra (Bauhinia)
• कोविदारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोविदार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (जातिवाचक-एकवचन)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कोरदूषाः: koradūṣa (a grain/plant)
• कोरदूषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोरदूष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सतीनकाः: satīnaka (a grain/plant)
• सतीनकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सतीनक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• माषाः: black gram
• माषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मुद्गाः: green gram (mung)
• मुद्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• मसूराः: lentils
• मसूराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मसूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• निष्पावाः: niṣpāva (a bean/pulse)
• निष्पावाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निष्पाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• सकुलत्थकाः: kulattha beans together/along with kulattha
• सकुलत्थकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + कुलत्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय/उपपद-समास (सहिताः कुलत्थकाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-donation scene: sacks and bowls of pulses and minor grains laid out; scribes/priests count and record; recipients (students, ascetics, poor) receive measured portions near a temple courtyard.

Characters & Entities

• Priyaṅgu
• Māṣa
• Mudga
• Masūra
• Niṣpāva
• Kulattha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even everyday legumes are framed within sacred order—food is dharmic when understood as a divine provision.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the Māhātmya context ties cosmic radiance to the emergence of nourishing crops.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; such grains/pulses are often used in offerings and hospitality (atithi-dharma).