Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

हन्त ते कीर्त्तयिष्यामि धूपदानविधिं परम् । प्रदानाद्देवदेवस्य येन धूपेन यत्फलम्

Transliteration

hanta te kīrttayiṣyāmi dhūpadānavidhiṃ param | pradānāddevadevasya yena dhūpena yatphalam

Translation

ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ നിനക്കു ധൂപദാനത്തിന്റെ പരമവിധി പ്രസ്താവിക്കും; ദേവദേവനു ധൂപം അർപ്പിച്ചതാൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലവും അറിയിക്കും.

Word by Word

• हन्त: well!/listen!
• हन्त: Sambodhana/Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हन्त (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बोधनार्थक-निपात (interjection/particle)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (enclitic); संबन्ध (to you/your)

• कीर्त्तयिष्यामि: I will describe/proclaim
• कीर्त्तयिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कीर्त्/√कीर्तय् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• धूपदानविधिम्: the procedure for offering incense
• धूपदानविधिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (धूपस्य दानस्य विधिः)

• परम्: supreme/excellent
• परम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'धूपदानविधिम्' इति विशेषणम्

• प्रदानात्: from (the act of) offering
• प्रदानात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन

• देवदेवस्य: of the God of gods
• देवदेवस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (देवानां देवः)

• येन: by which
• येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• धूपेन: with incense
• धूपेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'फलम्' इति विशेषणम्

• फलम्: result/fruit
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priest begins the dhūpa-dāna: incense smoke curls upward before the liṅga, lamps flicker, devotees watch as the narrator announces the supreme method and its fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Devadeva
• Dhūpa
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma values properly performed worship; even a specific upacāra like incense has defined merit when offered correctly.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction continues within the Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An introduction to dhūpa-dāna-vidhi: the correct method of offering incense to Devadeva and the resulting fruit.