Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दिव्यमोदकनैवेद्यैः पुष्पधूपादिभिः क्रमात् । न तस्य जायते विघ्नं यावत्क्षेत्रे वसत्यसौ

Transliteration

divyamodakanaivedyaiḥ puṣpadhūpādibhiḥ kramāt | na tasya jāyate vighnaṃ yāvatkṣetre vasatyasau

Translation

Mit göttlichen Modakas als Naivedya und mit Blumen, Weihrauch und dergleichen in rechter Ordnung dargebracht, entsteht ihm kein Hindernis, solange er in jenem heiligen Kṣetra weilt.

Word by Word

• दिव्यमोदकनैवेद्यैः: with divine modaka-offerings
• दिव्यमोदकनैवेद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मोदक (प्रातिपदिक) + नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); साधन/उपकरणार्थे

• पुष्पधूपादिभिः: with flowers, incense, and the like
• पुष्पधूपादिभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘आदि’समासान्त (etc.)

• क्रमात्: in order, successively
• क्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभम्; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययवत् (adverb: in due order/gradually)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation)

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• जायते: arises, is born
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• विघ्नम्: obstacle
• विघ्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विघ्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यावत्: as long as
• यावत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधिपर्यन्तार्थक (as long as/until)

• क्षेत्रे: in the sacred area
• क्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• वसति: dwells
• वसति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• असौ: that person/he
• असौ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असद्/अदस् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Gaṇapati-mahātmya context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers a plate of modakas before Gaṇapati, then flowers and incense in orderly upacāras; the sacred coastal kṣetra ambience suggests protection from obstacles.

Characters & Entities

• Modaka
• Naivedya
• Kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ordered devotion with proper offerings sustains divine protection, removing vighnas for those rooted in the sacred place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra broadly; the verse highlights the kṣetra’s protective efficacy for residents and worshippers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā with modaka-naivedya, along with flowers and incense, performed in proper sequence (krama).