Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 82

Devanagari script

कृष्णमाषास्तिलाश्चैव श्रेष्ठाः स्युर्यवशालयः । महायवा व्रीहियवास्तथैव च मसूरिकाः

Transliteration

kṛṣṇamāṣāstilāścaiva śreṣṭhāḥ syuryavaśālayaḥ | mahāyavā vrīhiyavāstathaiva ca masūrikāḥ

Translation

Für die Śrāddha-Gaben gelten schwarzer Mung (black gram) und Sesam als vorzüglich; ebenso werden Gerste und Körner wie große Gerste, Reis-Gerste und Linsen als geeignete Speisen gepriesen.

Word by Word

• कृष्णमाषाः: black gram (urad)
• कृष्णमाषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णमाष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• तिलाः: sesame seeds
• तिलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: emphasis)

• श्रेष्ठाः: excellent/best
• श्रेष्ठाः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the listed items)

• स्युः: may be/should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• यवशालयः: barley stores/heaps
• यवशालयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव-शालय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yava-śālaya: 'store/heap of barley')

• महायवाः: large barley (a variety)
• महायवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā-यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahā-yava: 'great/large barley')

• व्रीहियवाः: vrīhi-yava (a grain variety)
• व्रीहियवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि-यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (vrīhi-yava: 'rice-like barley / barley associated with rice')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/likewise')

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: emphasis)

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

• मसूरिकाः: lentils (masūra)
• मसूरिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मसूरिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ritual preparation tableau: bowls of black gram, heaps of sesame, barley, rice-barley, and lentils arranged on banana leaves; darbha and water vessels nearby, with the Prabhāsa coastal shrine ambiance.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Tilāḥ (sesame)
• Māṣa (black gram)
• Yava (barley)
• Masūra (lentil)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ rites gain strength through purity and proper materials; dharma is upheld by correct, traditional offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, within whose māhātmya the proper śrāddha materials are enumerated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use recommended grains—especially sesame and black gram—along with barley and lentils in śrāddha preparations.