Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 50

Devanagari script

समुद्गं सघृतं भक्तं कार्त्तिके विनिवेदयेत् । इंडेरिकाश्च लड्डूका माघे लंपसिका शुभा

Transliteration

samudgaṃ saghṛtaṃ bhaktaṃ kārttike vinivedayet | iṃḍerikāśca laḍḍūkā māghe laṃpasikā śubhā

Translation

കാർത്തികയിൽ സമുദ്ഗവും നെയ്യോടുകൂടിയ ഭക്തവും (അന്നം) നിവേദിക്കണം. മാഘത്തിൽ ഇണ്ഡേരിക മിഠായികളും ലഡ്ഡൂകളും, കൂടാതെ ശുഭമായ ലംപസികയും അർപ്പിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• समुद्गम्: samudga (a food item; possibly a stuffed cake/box-like sweet)
• समुद्गम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• सघृतम्: with ghee
• सघृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + घृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular qualifying समुद्गम्/भक्तम्; 'with ghee'

• भक्तम्: cooked rice/food
• भक्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular

• कार्त्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्त्तिके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्त्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• विनिवेदयेत्: should offer (as naivedya)
• विनिवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + वेद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; causative sense 'offer/present'

• इण्डेरिकाः: iṇḍerikā sweets
• इण्डेरिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इण्डेरिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय; conjunction

• लड्डूकाः: laddus
• लड्डूकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लड्डूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• माघे: in (the month of) Māgha
• माघे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• लम्पसिकाः: laṃpasikā sweets
• लम्पसिकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्पसिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural

• शुभाः: auspicious/excellent
• शुभाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Nominative plural qualifying लम्पसिकाः

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda instructing Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (generic)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two seasonal vignettes: Kārttika—lamp-lit shrine with ghee-rice and samudga offered; Māgha—cool misty morning with sweets offered after snāna, devotees wrapped in shawls.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Kārttika (month)
• Māgha (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time (māsa) is sanctified through disciplined, month-specific offerings aligned to vrata practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the ritual and theological backdrop for these month-wise prescriptions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Month-wise naivedya: ghee-rice in Kārttika; specific sweets in Māgha.