Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

वस्त्रैः संवेष्टयेत्पश्चाद्दद्यान्नैवेद्यमुत्तमम् । धर्मश्रवणसंयुक्तं कार्यं जागरणं ततः

Transliteration

vastraiḥ saṃveṣṭayetpaścāddadyānnaivedyamuttamam | dharmaśravaṇasaṃyuktaṃ kāryaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ tataḥ

Translation

Danach soll man (die heilige Gabe oder die Gottheit) mit Tüchern umhüllen und das erlesenste Naivedya, die Speiseopfergabe, darbringen. Sodann halte man die Nachtwache (jāgaraṇa), begleitet vom Hören von Dharma‑Vorträgen.

Word by Word

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचनम्

• संवेष्टयेत्: should wrap/cover
• संवेष्टयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√वेष्ट् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb of time: afterwards)

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• नैवेद्यम्: food-offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying नैवेद्यम्)

• धर्मश्रवणसंयुक्तम्: accompanied by listening to dharma
• धर्मश्रवणसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य श्रवणम्) + तेन संयुक्तम् (endowed with hearing of dharma)

• कार्यम्: to be done/should be performed
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्; विधेय-विशेषणार्थे (to be done)

• जागरणम्: night-vigil (keeping awake)
• जागरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/हेतुवाचक (thereafter/then)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (inferred from immediate context of this narrative section)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhāminī (female addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The deity is draped in fresh cloth; a grand naivedya platter is presented. Devotees sit through the night with lamps, listening to a dharma discourse/recitation in the temple courtyard near the sea-breeze of Prabhāsa.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when worship is joined with ethical listening (dharma-śravaṇa) and disciplined vigil (jāgaraṇa).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, in the context of Talasvāmi’s sacred presence (Talasvāmi Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering cloth (vastra), presenting excellent naivedya, and observing a night vigil combined with hearing Dharma.