Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

अक्षोडामलकान्गृह्य जंबीराणि तथा पराः । बिल्वानि परिपक्वानि चिर्भटानि वरानने

Transliteration

akṣoḍāmalakāngṛhya jaṃbīrāṇi tathā parāḥ | bilvāni paripakvāni cirbhaṭāni varānane

Translation

胡桃とアーマラカ（āmalaka）を携え、また別の者はジャンビーラ（jambīra）のレモンも持ち来た。麗しき面影の君よ、よく熟したビルヴァ（bilva）の実とチルバタ（cirbhaṭa、瓜）もあった。

Word by Word

• अक्षोडामलकान्: walnuts and āmalakas (Indian gooseberries)
• अक्षोडामलकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अक्षोड + आमलक (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• गृह्य: having taken
• गृह्य: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘गृह्य’ = गृहीत्वा; धातु: ग्रह्

• जंबीराणि: lemons/citrons (jambīra)
• जंबीराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जम्बीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha/Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• पराः: others (women)
• पराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• बिल्वानि: bilva fruits
• बिल्वानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• परिपक्वानि: fully ripe
• परिपक्वानि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + पक्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• चिर्भटानि: cucumbers/melons (cirbhaṭa)
• चिर्भटानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिर्भट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहिसमास (वरम् आननम् यस्याः सा); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of women carrying walnuts, āmalaka, lemons, ripe bilva, and melons—items chosen for both nourishment and ritual propriety—moving toward the sacred gathering.

Characters & Entities

• Bilva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering nourishing and auspicious fruits—especially bilva, widely revered in Śaiva contexts—expresses reverence and earns merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied worship materials: fruits including bilva, suitable for deity-offering and sacred hospitality.