Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

प्राशनं च लवंगाख्यं सर्वपापविशोधनम् । भृंगराजेन पूजा च सौम्ये मासि समाचरेत्

Transliteration

prāśanaṃ ca lavaṃgākhyaṃ sarvapāpaviśodhanam | bhṛṃgarājena pūjā ca saumye māsi samācaret

Translation

ലവംഗം എന്ന ദ്രവ്യം പ്രാശനമായി സ്വീകരിക്കണം; അത് സർവ്വപാപവിശോധകമാണ്. കൂടാതെ സൗമ്യമാസത്തിൽ ഭൃംഗരാജംകൊണ്ട് വിധിപൂർവ്വം പൂജ നടത്തണം.

Word by Word

• प्राशनम्: ingestion; edible offering
• प्राशनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• लवङ्ग-आख्यम्: called ‘clove’ (lavaṅga)
• लवङ्ग-आख्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लवङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक; √ख्या ‘named’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• सर्व-पाप-विशोधनम्: purifying all sins
• सर्व-पाप-विशोधनम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + विशोधन (प्रातिपदिक; वि+√शुध् ‘to purify’)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• भृङ्गराजेन: with bhṛṅgarāja (a plant)
• भृङ्गराजेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृङ्गराज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nom., Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सौम्ये: in Saumya (a month)
• सौम्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मास-विशेषण (Locative Singular; ‘in Saumya [month]’)

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• समाचरेत्: should perform
• समाचरेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + √चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee prepares a tiny clove prāśana and then offers fresh bhṛṅgarāja sprigs at a solar altar; the scene emphasizes medicinal greenery and a calm, purifying atmosphere.

Characters & Entities

• Bhāskara
• Saumya (month)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links inner purification with disciplined, symbolic offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tirtha is named in this verse; it contributes to the broader tīrtha-focused instruction by detailing the vow’s procedure.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform clove prāśana for purification and worship with bhṛṅgarāja during the month called Saumya.