Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

बिल्वानि च कपित्थानि तिन्दुकानि च भूरिशः । बदराणि करीराणि करमर्दानि च प्रिये

Transliteration

bilvāni ca kapitthāni tindukāni ca bhūriśaḥ | badarāṇi karīrāṇi karamardāni ca priye

Translation

En abondance se trouvaient des fruits de bilva, de kapittha et de tinduka ; ainsi que des jujubes (badara), du karīra et du karamarda, ô bien-aimée.

Word by Word

• बिल्वानि: bael fruits
• बिल्वानि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन (सूच्यते—फलानि इत्यस्य विशेष्येण)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• कपित्थानि: wood-apples
• कपित्थानि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपित्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तिन्दुकानि: tinduka fruits (ebony/date-plum)
• तिन्दुकानि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिन्दुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• भूरिशः: in plenty, abundantly
• भूरिशः: Sambandha (Quantity/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूरिशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; परिमाण/बहुत्ववाचक-क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in abundance)

• बदराणि: jujubes
• बदराणि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• करीराणि: karīra fruits/pods
• करीराणि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• करमर्दानि: karamarda fruits
• करमर्दानि: Karma (Enumerated objects/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करमर्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात

• प्रिये: O dear one
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन-विभक्ति; एकवचन; स्नेहसम्बोधन

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator-voice within the Purāṇic dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A spread of assorted fruits—bilva, kapittha, tinduka, badara, karīra, karamarda—arranged for a śrāddha offering, suggesting abundance and careful selection.

Characters & Entities

• Bilva
• Kapittha
• Tinduka
• Badara
• Karīra
• Karamarda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and appropriateness of offerings matter; simple natural gifts can become sacred when offered in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The offerings are gathered for Śrāddha at Puṣkara-tīrtha in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of various fruits as part of Śrāddha offerings.