Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

लक्षजाप्यविधानेन दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम् । दशांशहोमसंयुक्तं त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः

Transliteration

lakṣajāpyavidhānena dīkṣāsnānādipūrvakam | daśāṃśahomasaṃyuktaṃ trimadhuśrīphalesubhiḥ

Translation

Mediante la observancia prescrita de cien mil repeticiones (japa), precedida por la dīkṣā, el baño ritual y demás; y acompañada por un homa, ofrenda al fuego equivalente a la décima parte del japa, realizada con las ofrendas auspiciosas del tri-madhu (tres dulzuras) y el śrī-phala, el coco sagrado.

Word by Word

• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: by the procedure of a hundred-thousand recitations
• लक्षजाप्यविधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक) + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (लक्षसंख्यकं जाप्यं तस्य विधानम्)

• दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम्: preceded by initiation, bath, etc.
• दीक्षास्नानादिपूर्वकम्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दीक्षा (प्रातिपदिक) + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दीक्षास्नानादि पूर्वं यस्य तत्) विशेषण (कर्म/विधान)

• दशांशहोमसंयुक्तम्: accompanied by a tenth-part fire-offering
• दशांशहोमसंयुक्तम्: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशांश (प्रातिपदिक) + होम (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दशांश-होमेन संयुक्तम्) विशेषण

• त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः: with honey, coconut (śrīphala), and sugarcane (ikṣu)
• त्रिमधुश्रीफलेसुभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रीफल (प्रातिपदिक) + एषु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व/समाहार (मधु, श्रीफल, एषु—त्रयः पदार्थाः)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Siddha-Lakṣmī sādhana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual pavilion near the temple: the sādhaka after snāna sits with a rosary; beside him a homa-kuṇḍa blazes as offerings of honey/sweet substances and coconut are placed into the fire; priests oversee dīkṣā rites.

Characters & Entities

• Siddha-Lakṣmī
• Prabhāsa
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Disciplined, rule-based worship—japa supported by purification rites and homa—makes devotion effective and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, presented as a powerful setting for Siddha-Lakṣmī worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform lakṣa-japa preceded by dīkṣā and snāna, and add a daśāṃśa-homa using tri-sweet offerings and śrī-phala (coconut).