Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

जम्बीरं च फलं दद्याज्जातीपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत् । लवङ्गं प्राशयेत्तत्र तस्यानन्तफलं भवेत्

Transliteration

jambīraṃ ca phalaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet | lavaṅgaṃ prāśayettatra tasyānantaphalaṃ bhavet

Translation

Man soll die Frucht jambīra (Zitronatzitrone/Zitrone) darbringen und mit jātī-Blüten (Jasmin) verehren. Dort soll man Gewürznelke (lavaṅga) zu sich nehmen; für ihn wird die Frucht davon endlos sein.

Word by Word

• jambīram: lemon/citron
• jambīram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jambīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• dadyāt: should give/offer
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: with jasmine flowers
• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātī-puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जात्याः पुष्पाणि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• lavaṅgam: clove
• lavaṅgam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• prāśayet: should eat/consume
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक

• tasya: of that; for him/that act
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• anantaphalam: endless fruit/result
• anantaphalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अनन्तं फलं)

• bhavet: would be; should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in Prabhāsa offers a bright yellow jambīra fruit before a Śiva-liṅga, garlanding with white jasmine; a small dish of cloves is received as prasāda, with the sea-breeze and coastal temple lamps in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jambīra
• Lavaṅga
• Jātī (jasmine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a celebrated tīrtha, even modest offerings made with devotion are said to yield inexhaustible spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the central sacred geography of this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer jambīra fruit, worship with jasmine, and partake of clove; the stated result is ananta-phala (endless merit).