Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं चंदनादीनामिंद्रद्युम्न न चान्यथा । नानादेशसमुद्भूतैः सुवस्त्रैश्च सुकोमलैः

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ caṃdanādīnāmiṃdradyumna na cānyathā | nānādeśasamudbhūtaiḥ suvastraiśca sukomalaiḥ

Translation

Ô Indradyumna—il en est bien ainsi et non autrement—chaque offrande de santal et autres parfums, et la présentation de vêtements très doux et raffinés venus de maintes contrées, devient à Dvārakā un acte distinct de culte, chargé de mérite.

Word by Word

• प्रत्येकम्: each, individually
• प्रत्येकम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रत्येक (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (वितरणार्थक/adverb: individually, each)

• चन्दन-आदीनाम्: of sandalwood etc.
• चन्दन-आदीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (आदि-समास: चन्दनादयः); षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural)

• इन्द्रद्युम्न: O Indradyumna
• इन्द्रद्युम्न: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रद्युम्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Vocative, Singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निषेध/negation)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/connector)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक/adverb: otherwise)

• नाना-देश-समुद्भूतैः: with (things) arisen from various regions
• नाना-देश-समुद्भूतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + देश (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष समास; तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental, Plural); समुद्भूत = सम्+उद्+भू (क्त) ‘arisen’

• सु-वस्त्रैः: with fine garments
• सु-वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सु-वस्त्र = उत्तमवस्त्र); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/connector)

• सु-कोमलैः: with very soft (ones)
• सु-कोमलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + कोमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (सुकोमल = अतिशयकोमल); तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Instrumental, Plural)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indradyumna

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal devotee presents separate offerings: sandal paste, saffron, and bundles of exquisitely soft garments from distant regions; priests arrange each as a distinct upacāra before Kṛṣṇa in Dvārakā.

Characters & Entities

• Indradyumna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple upacāras—like sandalwood and good clothing—offered with devotion gain great merit when directed to Bhagavān in a sacred kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, praised within the Dvārakā-māhātmya of the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering sandalwood (candanādi) and presenting soft, fine garments as devotional upacāras.