Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

मांसैस्तु विविधैर्दिव्यैरथवा धान्यपिष्टजैः । अन्यैश्च विविधैर्धान्यैः पायसैर्वटकैस्तथा

Transliteration

māṃsaistu vividhairdivyairathavā dhānyapiṣṭajaiḥ | anyaiśca vividhairdhānyaiḥ pāyasairvaṭakaistathā

Translation

ອາດນິເວດນໂດຍເນື້ອຫຼາຍຊະນິດອັນປະເສີດ ຫຼືອາຫານທີ່ເຮັດຈາກແປ້ງທັນຍາ; ອີກທັງທັນຍາຫຼາຍຢ່າງ ປາຍະສະ(ເຂົ້າຫວານ) ແລະວະຕະກະ(ຂອງທອດ) ດ້ວຍ

Word by Word

• मांसैः: with meats
• मांसैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrastive particle)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• दिव्यैः: divine/excellent
• दिव्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• अथवा: or
• अथवा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• धान्यपिष्टजैः: with things made from grain-flour
• धान्यपिष्टजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक) + पिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त, √पिष्) + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (made of)

• अन्यैः: with other
• अन्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• विविधैः: various
• विविधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• धान्यैः: with grains
• धान्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• पायसैः: with rice-pudding
• पायसैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• वटकैः: with fritters/cakes (vaṭaka)
• वटकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Unspecified (ritual/naivedya guidance)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Offerings laid out before Devī: platters of grain preparations, sweet rice, fritters; optionally, meat offerings depicted symbolically (covered dish) to indicate ritual variant without sensationalism.

Characters & Entities

• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual devotion is expressed through appropriate naivedya—offerings prepared with care and variety, aligned with one’s means and local custom.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya context continues; the verse focuses on worship materials rather than naming a separate tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Naivedya options are enumerated: meat dishes, grain-flour preparations, assorted grains, pāyasa, and vaṭaka.