Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

प्रभूतबलिभिश्चैव पिष्टेन विविधेन च । योगिनीनां चतुःषष्टिं तस्मिन्पीठे प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

prabhūtabalibhiścaiva piṣṭena vividhena ca | yoginīnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ tasminpīṭhe prapūjayet

Translation

Avec d’abondantes offrandes bali, et avec diverses préparations de pâte de farine, qu’on vénère les soixante-quatre Yoginīs sur ce pīṭha sacré (siège/sanctuaire).

Word by Word

• prabhūtabalibhiḥ: with abundant offerings
• prabhūtabalibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhūta + bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘प्रभूताः बलयः’ (masc. instr. pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• piṣṭena: with flour/dough
• piṣṭena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √piṣ पिष् सञ्चूर्णने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (neut. instr. sg.)

• vividhena: various
• vividhena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neut. instr. sg.; qualifying piṣṭena)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• yoginīnām: of the Yoginīs
• yoginīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (fem. gen. pl.)

• catuḥṣaṣṭim: sixty-four
• catuḥṣaṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; संख्या ‘चतुः + षष्टि’ (neuter not; here fem. acc. sg. as numeral)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (loc. sg.; pronoun)

• pīṭhe: seat/altar
• pīṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (neut. loc. sg.)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √pūj (पूज पूजायाम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (vidhiliṅ, 3rd person sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from māhātmya ritual enumeration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yoginī-pīṭha at Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circular Yoginī-maṇḍala around a central pīṭha: 64 fierce yet auspicious female forms implied, while the worshipper places abundant bali and varied flour-paste offerings in arranged patterns.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs (64)
• Pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred landscape includes powerful attendant divinities; honoring them at their pīṭha completes the ritual ecology of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, specifically a pīṭha where Yoginī worship is enjoined.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the 64 Yoginīs with abundant bali and diverse piṣṭa (flour-paste) offerings.