Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 68
Devanagari script
नैवेद्ये फेणिका देया धूपं गुडसमुद्भवम् । कंकोलप्राशनं चैव भास्करस्य प्रतुष्टये
Transliteration
naivedye pheṇikā deyā dhūpaṃ guḍasamudbhavam | kaṃkolaprāśanaṃ caiva bhāskarasya pratuṣṭaye
Translation
ナイヴェーディヤ（食供）として pheṇikā を供え、さらにグダ（黒糖）から作られた香を捧げよ。また、バースカラをことごとく歓喜させるために、kankola の prāśana を行うべし。
Word by Word
नैवेद्येin/for the food-offering
नैवेद्ये:
Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootनैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative Singular)
फेणिकाa sweet called pheṇikā
फेणिका:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootफेणिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Singular)
देयाshould be given
देया:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु) ; देय (कृदन्त; यत्)
Formविधेयार्थक-कृदन्त (यत्), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be given/should be offered’ (gerundive)
धूपम्incense
धूपम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootधूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
गुड-समुद्भवम्arisen from jaggery
गुड-समुद्भवम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootगुड (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; सम्+उद्+√भू)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
कङ्कोल-प्राशनम्kankola-ingestion (kankola to be eaten)
कङ्कोल-प्राशनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकङ्कोल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपातार्थ)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle; emphasis)
भास्करस्यof Bhāskara (the Sun)
भास्करस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभास्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)
प्रतुष्टयेfor (his) satisfaction
प्रतुष्टये:
Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootप्र + √तुष् (धातु) ; प्रतुष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Dative, Singular)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced)
Characters & Entities
B
BhāskaraFAQs
Devotional acts become complete when offerings are made with care, purity, and intent to please the deity.
The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not specify a named location in this line.
Offer pheṇikā as naivedya, use jaggery-derived incense, and perform kaṃkola prāśana to please Bhāskara.