Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

फलं च दाडिमं दद्याज्जातीपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत् । रजन्यामंगुरं प्राश्य सिद्धियुक्तं तु पूजयेत्

Transliteration

phalaṃ ca dāḍimaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet | rajanyāmaṃguraṃ prāśya siddhiyuktaṃ tu pūjayet

Translation

One should offer a pomegranate fruit and worship with jāti (jasmine) flowers. At night, having eaten aṅgura (grapes or raisins), one should worship the Lord endowed with siddhi, spiritual power.

Word by Word

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dāḍimam: pomegranate
• dāḍimam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāḍima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒, दान) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: with jasmine flowers
• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātī (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त-पुṣpa), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• rajanyām: at night
• rajanyām: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• aṅguram: grapes
• aṅguram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāśya: having eaten
• prāśya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (प्राश्, भक्षणे) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having eaten/tasted’

• siddhiyuktam: endowed with success (siddhi)
• siddhiyuktam: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युज्-क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the worshipped deity/thing)

• tu: indeed/then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

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 night-time shrine scene at Prabhāsa: jasmine garlands, pomegranate offering, and a devotee partaking of grapes/raisins before resuming worship of a siddhi-bestowing Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jātī (jasmine)
• Dāḍima (pomegranate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through specific offerings and disciplined timing (night observance) is praised as a means to spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer pomegranate, worship with jasmine, partake aṅgura at night, and worship the siddhi-endowed Lord.