Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

प्रियामलकदुर्ग्रीवं तिंडुकं मधुसाह्वयम् । वैकंकतं नालिकेरं शृङ्गाटकपरूषकम्

Transliteration

priyāmalakadurgrīvaṃ tiṃḍukaṃ madhusāhvayam | vaikaṃkataṃ nālikeraṃ śṛṅgāṭakaparūṣakam

Translation

പ്രിയാമലകം, ദുര്ഗ്രീവം, തിണ്ടുകം, ‘മധുസാഹ്വയം’ എന്ന ഫലം; കൂടാതെ വൈകങ്കതം, നാളികേരം, ശൃംഗാടക (സിംഗാട), പരൂഷകം—ഇവയും പൂജയിൽ അർപ്പണീയമായ ഫലങ്ങൾ.

Word by Word

• प्रियामलकदुर्ग्रीवम्: priyāmalaka (a plant) called/qualified as ‘durgrīva’
• प्रियामलकदुर्ग्रीवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रियामलक + दुर्ग्रीव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (विशेष्य-विशेषणभावः)

• तिंडुकम्: tiṇḍuka (a tree/fruit)
• तिंडुकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिंडुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मधुसाह्वयम्: named ‘madhu’ (honey-named)
• मधुसाह्वयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधु + साह्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘मधु’ इति साह्वयः/नाम यस्य)

• वैकंकतम्: vaikaṅkata (a tree/wood)
• वैकंकतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकंकत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नालिकेरम्: coconut (nālikera)
• नालिकेरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नालिकेर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शृङ्गाटकपरूषकम्: śṛṅgāṭaka and parūṣaka (two items)
• शृङ्गाटकपरूषकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शृङ्गाटक + परूषक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (शृङ्गाटकं च परूषकं च)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A coconut and assorted fruits (tiṇḍuka, śṛṅgāṭaka, parūṣaka) arranged on a cloth before a small Śiva-linga; pilgrims stand with folded hands.

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Nālikera (coconut)
• Śṛṅgāṭaka (water chestnut)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ancestral rites are strengthened by fidelity to inherited ritual knowledge, including traditional categories of acceptable foods.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting for authoritative instruction on śrāddha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It continues the catalog of permissible fruits/offerings, explicitly including coconut and water-chestnut among others.