Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 114

Devanagari script

हविष्यान्नैस्तथा दध्ना शर्करामधुसर्पिषा । पायसेन तु गव्येन कृतान्नेन विशेषतः

Transliteration

haviṣyānnaistathā dadhnā śarkarāmadhusarpiṣā | pāyasena tu gavyena kṛtānnena viśeṣataḥ

Translation

ഹവിഷ്യാന്നം, തൈര്, പഞ്ചസാര, തേന്‍, നെയ്യ് എന്നിവകൊണ്ടും—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് പാല്പായസവും ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ തയ്യാറാക്കിയ വിഭവങ്ങളുംകൊണ്ടും—(അർപ്പണവും ഭോജനവും നടന്നു).

Word by Word

• हविष्यान्नैः: with sacrificial food
• हविष्यान्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविष्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• तथा: also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/क्रियाविशेषण

• दध्ना: with curd
• दध्ना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• शर्करामधुसर्पिषा: with sugar, honey, and ghee
• शर्करामधुसर्पिषा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक) + मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• पायसेन: with rice-pudding
• पायसेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधान/विरोधसूचक-निपात (particle)

• गव्येन: made of cow’s milk
• गव्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पायसेन/कृतान्नेन)

• कृतान्नेन: with cooked food
• कृतान्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त, क्त; √कृ) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय; विशेष-प्रातिपदिकात् तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), in dialogue context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ritual kitchen and offering trays: bowls of curd, ghee, honey, sugar; steaming milk pāyasa; neatly arranged haviṣya dishes prepared for brāhmaṇa-bhojana and pitṛ-offering.

Characters & Entities

• Haviṣya
• Dadhi
• Śarkarā
• Madhu
• Sarpiṣ
• Pāyasa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic rites emphasize purity and appropriateness of offerings—food becomes a vehicle of devotion and ancestral honoring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The food-offering context belongs to the Cakratīrtha śrāddha account in Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of haviṣya foods and specific auspicious ingredients (curd, sugar, honey, ghee, milk-pāyasa) for śrāddha/feeding.