Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 57

Devanagari script

नैवेद्यं पायसान्नेन घृताक्तं परिकल्पयेत् । जुहुयान्मूलमंत्रेण हविरष्टोत्तरं शतम्

Transliteration

naivedyaṃ pāyasānnena ghṛtāktaṃ parikalpayet | juhuyānmūlamaṃtreṇa haviraṣṭottaraṃ śatam

Translation

One should prepare as naivedya sweet rice pudding (pāyasa) mixed with ghee; and with the root-mantra, one should offer oblations one hundred and eight times.

Word by Word

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पायसान्नेन: with rice cooked in milk (pāyasa-food)
• पायसान्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः (पायसस्य अन्नम्)

• घृताक्तम्: smeared with ghee
• घृताक्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अञ्ज्/अङ्ग् धातु-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः (घृतेन अक्तम् = anointed with ghee)

• परिकल्पयेत्: should prepare
• परिकल्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जुहुयात्: should offer into fire
• जुहुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मूलमन्त्रेण: with the root-mantra
• मूलमन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (मूलः मन्त्रः)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अष्टोत्तरम्: eight more (i.e., +8)
• अष्टोत्तरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्; समासः (अष्ट अधिकम्/उत्तरम्)

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Measure/परिमाण-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

Speaker

Narratorial/Instructional voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brass bowl of steaming pāyasa glistening with ghee is offered before the deity; nearby, a small homa-kuṇḍa burns as the devotee offers 108 oblations while chanting the root-mantra.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Śivā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through purity and generosity—offering the best food and disciplined mantra-based oblations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; it describes a general worship-and-homa regimen.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare pāyasa mixed with ghee as naivedya; perform homa with the mūla-mantra for 108 oblations.