Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

फलानि विविधान्येव गृहीत्वा वाडवा नृप । धान्यं तु विविधं राजन्भक्तापूपा घृताचिताः

Transliteration

phalāni vividhānyeva gṛhītvā vāḍavā nṛpa | dhānyaṃ tu vividhaṃ rājanbhaktāpūpā ghṛtācitāḥ

Translation

ഹേ രാജാവേ! വാഡവർ പലവിധ ഫലങ്ങൾ എടുത്തു, വിവിധ ധാന്യങ്ങളും; നെയ്യാൽ സമൃദ്ധമായ ഭക്തം (അന്നം)യും അപൂപം (മധുരപലഹാരം)യും കൊണ്ടുവന്നു।

Word by Word

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; अवधारणार्थ (emphasis)

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• वाडवाः: the mare-faced women (Vāḍavās)
• वाडवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाडवा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case/vocative), एकवचन

• धान्यम्: grain/food-grain
• धान्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; विरोध/अन्वयार्थ (but/and then)

• विविधम्: various
• विविधम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th case/vocative), एकवचन

• भक्तापूपाः: rice/food and cakes
• भक्तापूपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अपूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (copulative)

• घृताचिताः: heaped/covered with ghee
• घृताचिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आचित (कृदन्त, √चि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; विशेषण; घृतेन आचिताः (instrumental relation)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator (contextual; likely Sūta-style narration within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Village women/attendants (Vāḍavas) assemble baskets of fruits, heaps of grains, cooked rice and ghee-rich sweet cakes, preparing for a Devī offering in a forest shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Vāḍavas
• King (Rājan)
• Śrīmātā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering one’s best sustenance to the deity reflects gratitude and the dharmic spirit of consecration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dharmāraṇya milieu frames the worship; no distinct tīrtha is singled out in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparing naivedya: fruits, grains, cooked food (bhakta), and apūpa sweets enriched with ghee.