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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 107

काशैः पुनर्भवेत्कार्यं हयमेधफलं लभेत् । अष्टजातिकपुष्पं च अञ्जनं नित्यमेव हि

kāśaiḥ punarbhavetkāryaṃ hayamedhaphalaṃ labhet | aṣṭajātikapuṣpaṃ ca añjanaṃ nityameva hi

Mit Kāśa-Gras kann das Werk des Rituals erneut vollendet werden, und man erlangt die Frucht eines Aśvamedha. Auch die Blüten der Aṣṭajāti sowie Kajal sind wahrlich täglich zu verwenden.

काशैःwith kāśa-grass
काशैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootकाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; Instrumental plural
पुनःagain
पुनः:
Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुनः (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; adverb
भवेत्would be / should be
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Parasmaipada
कार्यम्a duty / something to be done
कार्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृ-धातु से क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (predicate/accusative sense)
हयमेधफलम्the fruit of the Aśvamedha sacrifice
हयमेधफलम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहयमेध-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (हयमेधस्य फलम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Ātmanepada
अष्टजातिकपुष्पम्a flower of the aṣṭajātika type
अष्टजातिकपुष्पम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्ट-जाति-क-पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसमासः (अष्टजातिकस्य पुष्पम्) तत्पुरुष; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
and
:
Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; conjunction
अञ्जनम्collyrium / anjana
अञ्जनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअञ्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावेन प्रयोगः; adverbial accusative (नित्यम् = always)
एवindeed
एव:
Avyaya (Emphasis/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; emphatic particle
हिfor / indeed
हि:
Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; particle (reason/assurance)

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: Priests gather kāśa grass bundles beside a homa altar; aṣṭajāti flowers are offered in heaps; a devotee applies anjana daily, signifying regular worship; a subtle aura suggests Aśvamedha-like merit.

K
Kāśa grass
A
Aśvamedha
A
Aṣṭajāti flowers
A
Aṃjana

FAQs

Simple sacred materials, used with right method and devotion, can yield vast merit as praised in Purāṇic teaching.

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where worship performed with prescribed materials is extolled as highly meritorious.

Use kāśa grass and regularly employ aṣṭajāti flowers and aṃjana as part of the ritual regimen.