Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

दद्यात्तत्र बलिं साज्यं कुर्याद्धि बलिपंचकम् । पंचप्रस्थान्बलीन्दद्यात्सवस्त्राञ्छ्रीफलैर्युतान्

Transliteration

dadyāttatra baliṃ sājyaṃ kuryāddhi balipaṃcakam | paṃcaprasthānbalīndadyātsavastrāñchrīphalairyutān

Translation

അവിടെ നെയ്യോടുകൂടിയ ബലി അർപ്പിച്ച്, വിധിപൂർവ്വം പഞ്ചബലി അനുഷ്ഠിക്കണം. വസ്ത്രങ്ങളോടും മംഗളഫലങ്ങളോടും കൂടിയ അഞ്ചു പ്രസ്ഥ അളവിലുള്ള ബലികൾ സമർപ്പിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Vidhi (Injunctive/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• बलिम्: offering, oblation
• बलिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• साज्यम्: with ghee
• साज्यम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—आज्ययुक्तम् (with ghee)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Vidhi (Injunctive/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—निपात (particle; emphasis/for)

• बलिपञ्चकम्: the set of five bali-offerings
• बलिपञ्चकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्चक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—बलिनां पञ्चकं (set of five offerings)

• पञ्चप्रस्थान्: (measuring) five prasthas
• पञ्चप्रस्थान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः—पञ्च प्रस्थाः प्रमाणं यस्य (measuring five prasthas)

• बलीन्: offerings (balis)
• बलीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Vidhi (Injunctive/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सवस्त्रान्: with clothes
• सवस्त्रान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण—वस्त्रयुक्तान् (with garments)

• श्रीफलैः: with coconuts
• श्रीफलैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रीफल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रयोगः—श्रियाः फलम् (coconut)

• युतान्: endowed/combined (with)
• युतान्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यु (धातु) → युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; युत = संयुक्त/युक्त (endowed with)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual courtyard at the edge of a sacred forest: a devotee offers five small bali portions on leaf-plates, each glistening with ghee; folded cloth and a tray of auspicious fruits are placed beside a lamp and incense, with priests chanting.

Characters & Entities

• Ṣaṣṭhī (implicit continuation of rite)
• rājan (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is enacted through generous, orderly offerings—devotion expressed as disciplined giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified; the passage gives procedural dharma within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer bali with ghee; perform five balis (bali-paṃcaka); give offerings measured as five prasthas, with cloth and auspicious fruits.