Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

पुण्यं सर्वपुराणानां ते लभंते दिनेदिने । पक्वान्नं ये प्रकुर्वंति हविर्द्धान्यसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

puṇyaṃ sarvapurāṇānāṃ te labhaṃte dinedine | pakvānnaṃ ye prakurvaṃti havirddhānyasamudbhavam

Translation

Jour après jour, ils obtiennent le mérite loué dans tous les Purāṇa : ceux qui préparent une nourriture cuite faite de grains de havis (grains sacrificiels) pour l’offrir avec dévotion.

Word by Word

• puṇyam: merit
• puṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• sarva-purāṇānām: of all Purāṇas
• sarva-purāṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• labhante: obtain
• labhante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• dine: in a day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• dine: day by day
• dine: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (idiom: day by day)

• pakva-annam: cooked food
• pakva-annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pakva (प्रातिपदिक) + anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ye: who (those who)
• ye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• prakurvanti: prepare / make
• prakurvanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• haviḥ-dhānya-samudbhavam: arisen from sacrificial grains (havis-grain produce)
• haviḥ-dhānya-samudbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: havis (प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (pakvānnam)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Dvārakā Māhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees in Dvārakā cook havis-grains in clean vessels, offer a steaming naivedya before a Viṣṇu shrine, then serve prasāda to pilgrims seated in rows; temple flags and sea-breeze implied.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regular devotional offering—especially sanctified food prepared in a sacred manner—accumulates Purāṇic merit steadily, day by day.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Dvārakā Māhātmya in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, framing Dvārakā as a place where Vaiṣṇava worship yields exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparing cooked food from havis-type grains as a devotional offering (naivedya) in a consecrated, dharmic way.