Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं चंदनादीनामिंद्रद्युम्न न चान्यथा । नानादेशसमुद्भूतैः सुवस्त्रैश्च सुकोमलैः

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ caṃdanādīnāmiṃdradyumna na cānyathā | nānādeśasamudbhūtaiḥ suvastraiśca sukomalaiḥ

Translation

Wahai Indradyumna—demikianlah adanya, tiada lain—setiap persembahan cendana dan sejenisnya, serta penyajian kain yang amat lembut dan indah dari berbagai negeri, (di Dvārakā) menjadi pemujaan tersendiri yang sarat pahala suci.

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.