Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

व्रीहयश्च यवाश्चैव गोधूमा अणवस्तिलाः

Transliteration

vrīhayaśca yavāścaiva godhūmā aṇavastilāḥ

Translation

ವ್ರೀಹಿ (ಅಕ್ಕಿ), ಯವ (ಜೋಳ/ಬಾರ್ಲಿ), ಗೋಧೂಮ (ಗೋಧಿ), ಅಣು (ಸಣ್ಣ ಧಾನ್ಯ) ಮತ್ತು ತಿಲ—

Word by Word

• व्रीहयः: rice grains
• व्रीहयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यवाः: barley
• यवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Nipāta (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अवधारण (particle)

• गोधूमाः: wheat
• गोधूमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोधूम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• अणवः: millet (aṇava)
• अणवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अणु/अणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तिलाः: sesame seeds
• तिलाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

Speaker

Likely Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) narrating within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Close-up ritual still-life: five heaps—rice, barley, wheat, millet, sesame—arranged on leaf-plates beside a small homa-kunda and water-pot, with a pilgrim’s hands offering them.

Characters & Entities

• Vrīhi
• Yava
• Godhūma
• Aṇu/Aṇava
• Tila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Staple foods are treated as sacred categories—fit for sustaining life and supporting ritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The listing occurs within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, linking Prabhāsa’s sacred narrative to worldly sustenance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; these items are commonly associated with offerings and household rites in dharma contexts.