Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

अन्नोदकं हिरण्यं च तत्र देयं द्विजातये । संपूज्य देवदेवेशं गंधपुष्पादिभिः क्रमात्

Transliteration

annodakaṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca tatra deyaṃ dvijātaye | saṃpūjya devadeveśaṃ gaṃdhapuṣpādibhiḥ kramāt

Translation

അവിടെ ദ്വിജാതിക്ക് (ബ്രാഹ്മണന്) അന്നവും ജലവും സ്വർണ്ണവും ദാനം ചെയ്യണം. തുടർന്ന് ക്രമമായി ഗന്ധം, പുഷ്പം മുതലായവകൊണ്ട് ദേവദേവേശ്വരനെ സമ്യക് പൂജിച്ച്—

Word by Word

• अन्न-उदकम्: food and water
• अन्न-उदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (अन्नं च उदकं च)

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Vidhi (Injunction predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + देय (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विधेय/भाव्य (gerundive) ‘to be given’

• द्विजातये: to a twice-born (Brahmin etc.)
• द्विजातये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (द्वौ जातौ यस्य/द्विजः) → द्विजाति

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूज् (धातु) उपसर्ग सम् + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययभाव; क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) ‘having worshipped’

• देव-देवेशम्: Lord of gods
• देव-देवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देवेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवेशः)

• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिभिः: with perfumes, flowers, etc.
• गन्ध-पुष्प-आदिभिः: Karana (Means/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध + पुष्प + आदि (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सूची-समास (गन्धैः पुष्पैः च आदिभिः)

• क्रमात्: in due order/gradually
• क्रमात्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभ; पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण अव्ययप्रयोग (adverb)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmaṇeśvara / Devadeveśa shrine area (Prabhāsa, Rāmeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pūjā scene: the liṅga adorned with sandal paste and flowers; a brāhmaṇa seated to receive gifts—food, water-pot, and gold—while the donor performs offerings in a clear ritual order.

Characters & Entities

• Deva-deveśa (Śiva)
• Dvijāti (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-worship is completed by dāna: devotion is validated through ethical generosity to worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ritual instructions apply to the Lakṣmaṇeśvara shrine (chapter context) in the Rāmeśvara region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give food, water, and gold to a dvijāti, and worship the deity with gandha, puṣpa, and related offerings in proper order.