Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

धूरसीति च मंत्रेण धूपं दद्यात्सगुग्गलम् । समिद्धोंजनमंत्रेण अंजनं तु प्रदापयेत्

Transliteration

dhūrasīti ca maṃtreṇa dhūpaṃ dadyātsaguggalam | samiddhoṃjanamaṃtreṇa aṃjanaṃ tu pradāpayet

Translation

“ധൂരസീതി” മന്ത്രത്തോടെ ഗുഗ്ഗുലുവോടുകൂടിയ ധൂപം അർപ്പിക്കണം; “സമിദ്ധോഞ്ജന” മന്ത്രത്തോടെ അഞ്ജനം (കാജൽ)യും സമർപ്പിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• dhūrasi: “you are the burden/weight” (mantra phrase)
• dhūrasi: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dhūra + asi (अस् धातु)
• Form: सन्धि-विग्रह: dhūra asi; लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; अस्-धातु; मन्त्र-उद्धरण

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-चिह्न (quotative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• mantreṇa: with (the) mantra
• mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन

• dhūpam: incense
• dhūpam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give/offer
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sa-guggulam: with guggulu resin
• sa-guggulam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa (अव्यय/उपसर्गार्थ) + guggula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: sa + guggula (‘with guggulu’)—विशेषणं धूपम् प्रति

• samiddha-uñjana-mantreṇa: with the ‘samiddhoñjana’ mantra
• samiddha-uñjana-mantreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samiddha (प्रातिपदिक) + uñjana (प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Case 3), एकवचन; समास: samiddha-uñjana-mantra (‘the mantra beginning with/known as samiddha-uñjana’)

• añjanam: collyrium (eye-ointment)
• añjanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: añjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Case 2), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• pradāpayet: should offer / should cause to be given
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) [णिच् causative]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the māhātmya frame (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A priestly worshipper in Prabhāsa offers curling incense smoke from guggulu before a radiant Sūrya icon, then presents a small añjana vessel as a sacred cosmetic offering; lamps and conch are nearby, with sea-breeze implied by fluttering cloth.

Characters & Entities

• Guggulu
• Añjana
• Sūrya
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pūjā sanctifies the senses: fragrance (incense) and sight (añjana) are offered back to the divine source.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, presented as a place where detailed upacāra worship yields special merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering dhūpa with guggulu using “dhūr asī…”, and offering añjana using the “samiddhoṃjana…” mantra.