Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

करंभो दधिभक्तं च सचूतरसमंडकाः । फेणिका वटकाश्चैव पायसं च सशर्करम्

Transliteration

karaṃbho dadhibhaktaṃ ca sacūtarasamaṃḍakāḥ | pheṇikā vaṭakāścaiva pāyasaṃ ca saśarkaram

Translation

Qu’on offre le karaṃbha et le riz mêlé de caillé; des gâteaux préparés avec le suc (ou l’essence) de mangue; ainsi que les douceurs pheṇikā et les beignets vaṭaka; et le payasa (riz au lait) avec du sucre.

Word by Word

• करम्भः: karaṃbha (a sweet/food preparation)
• करम्भः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• दधिभक्तम्: rice with curd
• दधिभक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as item-list: Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दध्नः भक्तम्)

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

• सचूत-रस-मण्डकाः: cakes with mango-juice (mango-flavoured cakes)
• सचूत-रस-मण्डकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + चूत + रस + मण्डक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural; समास: (चूत-रसस्य मण्डकाः) सह (युक्ताः)

• फेणिकाः: pheṇikā sweets
• फेणिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फेणिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• वटकाः: vaṭaka fritters/balls
• वटकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

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

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात; emphatic particle

• पायसम्: pāyasa (milk-rice pudding)
• पायसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as item-list: Nominative singular

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

• सशर्करम्: with sugar
• सशर्करम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here qualifying पायसम्; समास/उपपद: 'with sugar' (सहित)

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: A ritual tray (pātra) laden with karaṃbha, curd-rice, mango-flavored cakes, pheṇikā spirals, vaṭaka fritters, and payasa sprinkled with sugar is presented before the deity in a Kāśī shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Devī (implied recipient in context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional discipline is expressed through proper naivedya—offering wholesome foods as sacred service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The prescriptions belong to the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, centered on Kāśī’s sacred ritual culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A catalog of naivedya items to be offered during the vrata cycle.