Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

समुद्गं सघृतं भक्तं कार्त्तिके विनिवेदयेत् । इंडेरिकाश्च लड्डूका माघे लंपसिका शुभा

Transliteration

samudgaṃ saghṛtaṃ bhaktaṃ kārttike vinivedayet | iṃḍerikāśca laḍḍūkā māghe laṃpasikā śubhā

Translation

In Kārttika one should offer samudga and rice mixed with ghee. In Māgha, one should offer iṃḍerikā sweets and laddūkas, and the auspicious laṃpasikā as well.

Word by Word

• समुद्गम्: samudga (a food item; possibly a stuffed cake/box-like sweet)
• समुद्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सघृतम्: with ghee
• सघृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular qualifying समुद्गम्/भक्तम्; 'with ghee'

• भक्तम्: cooked rice/food
• भक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कार्त्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• विनिवेदयेत्: should offer (as naivedya)
• विनिवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense 'offer/present'

• इण्डेरिकाः: iṇḍerikā sweets
• इण्डेरिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इण्डेरिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय; conjunction

• लड्डूकाः: laddus
• लड्डूकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लड्डूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• लम्पसिकाः: laṃpasikā sweets
• लम्पसिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्पसिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• शुभाः: auspicious/excellent
• शुभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural qualifying लम्पसिकाः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (generic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two seasonal vignettes: Kārttika—lamp-lit shrine with ghee-rice and samudga offered; Māgha—cool misty morning with sweets offered after snāna, devotees wrapped in shawls.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Kārttika (month)
• Māgha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (māsa) is sanctified through disciplined, month-specific offerings aligned to vrata practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the ritual and theological backdrop for these month-wise prescriptions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Month-wise naivedya: ghee-rice in Kārttika; specific sweets in Māgha.