Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

तमालासनकंदं च मावेल्लं शतकंदली । कालेयं कालशाकं च मुद्गान्नं च सुवर्चलम्

Transliteration

tamālāsanakaṃdaṃ ca māvellaṃ śatakaṃdalī | kāleyaṃ kālaśākaṃ ca mudgānnaṃ ca suvarcalam

Translation

Annehmbar sind die Knollen von tamālāsana sowie māvella und śata-kaṁdalī; ebenso sind kāleya, dunkles Blattgemüse, Speisen aus Mungbohnen (mudga) und suvarcalā für das Ritual gebilligt.

Word by Word

• तमालासनकन्दम्: tamāla/asana tuber (a plant root)
• तमालासनकन्दम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमाल + आसन + कन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (tamalā-asana-kanda: tuber/root associated with tamāla/asana)

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

• मावेल्लम्: māvella (a plant/fruit)
• मावेल्लम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मावेल्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शतकन्दली: śatakandalī (a plant, 'hundred-tubered')
• शतकन्दली: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत-कन्दली (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ('hundred-tubered' plant)

• कालेयम्: kāleya (a plant/food item)
• कालेयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कालेय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कालशाकम्: dark leafy vegetable
• कालशाकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल-शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('black/dark leafy vegetable')

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

• मुद्गान्नम्: food made with mung beans
• मुद्गान्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्ग-अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ('mung-bean rice/food')

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

• सुवर्चलम्: suvarcalā/suvarcala (a plant/greens)
• सुवर्चलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्चल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim kitchen near the temple: earthen pots with mung preparation, bundles of dark leafy greens, and tubers laid on banana leaves, ready for offering.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Mudga (mung)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Scripture guides even practical details of worship, showing that devotion is expressed through ordered, mindful conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in whose māhātmya śrāddha procedures and materials are detailed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A list of additional acceptable vegetables/foods for śrāddha is provided, including mung-based preparations and specific traditional items.