Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

धूपदानेन सौगंध्यं कांतिर्दीपप्रदानतः । नैवेद्यैश्च महाभोगो लक्ष्मीस्तांबूलदानतः

Transliteration

dhūpadānena saugaṃdhyaṃ kāṃtirdīpapradānataḥ | naivedyaiśca mahābhogo lakṣmīstāṃbūladānataḥ

Translation

ധൂപദാനത്താൽ സുഗന്ധം ലഭിക്കുന്നു; ദീപദാനത്താൽ കാന്തി ലഭിക്കുന്നു. നൈവേദ്യത്താൽ മഹാഭോഗം, താംബൂലദാനത്താൽ ലക്ഷ്മി—സമ്പത്ത്—ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• धूपदानेन: by offering incense
• धूपदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप-दान (प्रातिपदिक; धूप + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• सौगन्ध्यम्: fragrance, good scent
• सौगन्ध्यम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौगन्ध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कान्तिः: radiance, beauty
• कान्तिः: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दीपप्रदानतः: from offering a lamp
• दीपप्रदानतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप-प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक; दीप + प्रदान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतुवाचक (from/through)

• नैवेद्यैः: by food offerings (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; करण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• महाभोगः: great enjoyment/prosperity
• महाभोगः: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-भोग (प्रातिपदिक; महा + भोग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• लक्ष्मीः: Lakṣmī; wealth
• लक्ष्मीः: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ताम्बूलदानतः: from giving betel (tāmbūla)
• ताम्बूलदानतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल-दान (प्रातिपदिक; ताम्बूल + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; हेतुवाचक

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (didactic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Incense smoke curls before the deity; rows of oil lamps glow; naivedya plates are offered; a tāmbūla tray with betel leaves and areca nut is presented.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is made tangible through offerings; the Purāṇa teaches that sacred giving refines one’s life with splendor, abundance, and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No location is named; it is a general statement of pūjā and dāna fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer dhūpa (incense), dīpa (lamp), naivedya (food), and give tāmbūla (betel).