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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मध्याह्नः खड्गपात्रं तु तथान्ये कालकम्बलाः । रूप्यं दर्भांस्तिला गावो दौहित्रश्चाष्टमः स्मृतः

Transliteration

madhyāhnaḥ khaḍgapātraṃ tu tathānye kālakambalāḥ | rūpyaṃ darbhāṃstilā gāvo dauhitraścāṣṭamaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

À midi, le « khaḍga-pātra » (vase de corne) et, de même, les autres—kāla-kambala, l’argent, l’herbe darbha, le sésame, les vaches et le dauhitra—sont ici rappelés comme les huit (secours de bon augure).

Word by Word
मध्याह्नःmidday (the midday period)
मध्याह्नः:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootमध्याह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सूचीकरणे (as item)
खड्गपात्रम्a sword-like vessel (khaḍga-pātra)
खड्गपात्रम्:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootखड्ग + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचनम्; खड्गस्य पात्रम् (a vessel of/like a sword)
तुand/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (particle; contrast/emphasis)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्ययम् (adverb; ‘likewise’)
अन्येothers
अन्ये:
Karta (as enumerated group)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; विशेषणम् (others)
कालकम्बलाःblack blankets
कालकम्बलाः:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootकाल + कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; कालः कम्बलः इव/कालवर्णः कम्बलः (black blankets)
रूप्यम्silver
रूप्यम्:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्
दर्भान्darbha grasses
दर्भान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचनम्
तिलाःsesame seeds
तिलाः:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootतिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
गावःcows
गावः:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्
दौहित्रःdaughter’s son (grandson)
दौहित्रः:
Karta (as enumerated item)
TypeNoun
Rootदौहित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
अष्टमःthe eighth
अष्टमः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; क्रमवाचक-विशेषणम् (ordinal)
स्मृतःis said/considered
स्मृतः:
Kriyā (Predicative participle)
TypeVerb
Rootस्मृ (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘is said/remembered’
Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual spread of eight items is displayed: midday sun overhead; a horn-vessel (khaḍga-pātra), a dark woolen blanket (kāla-kambala), silver, darbha, sesame, a cow with calf, and a young grandson (dauhitra) present as the eighth; priests prepare tarpaṇa.

Characters & Entities
M
Madhyāhna
K
Kutapa
D
Darbha
T
Tilāḥ
G
Gāvaḥ
R
Rūpya
K
Khaḍgapātra
K
Kālakambala
D
Dauhitra

FAQs

Śrāddha is strengthened by specific sanctifiers—time, purity-items, and gifts—so the rite becomes protected and fruitful.

Prabhāsakṣetra, where the tradition details the ‘Kutapa’ supports for śrāddha.

Use the Kutapa set: midday and prescribed items such as darbha, sesame, cows, silver, and specific ritual vessels/cloths.

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