Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

चिर्भटानि परूषाणि मातुलिंगानि वै तथा । नालिकेराणि शुभ्राणि इंगुदीसंभवानि च

Transliteration

cirbhaṭāni parūṣāṇi mātuliṃgāni vai tathā | nālikerāṇi śubhrāṇi iṃgudīsaṃbhavāni ca

Translation

चिर्भट, परूष व मातुलिंगही होते; शुभ्र नारळे आणि इंगुदीपासून उत्पन्न फळेही होती।

Word by Word

• cirbhaṭāni: cucumbers (cirbhaṭa)
• cirbhaṭāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cirbhaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• parūṣāṇi: jujubes / rough fruits (parūṣa)
• parūṣāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parūṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• mātuliṃgāni: citron fruits
• mātuliṃgāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātuliṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• vai: indeed / surely
• vai: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय

• tathā: and also / likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• nālikerāṇi: coconuts
• nālikerāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nālikera (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• śubhrāṇi: white / bright
• śubhrāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śubhra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying nālikerāṇi आदि)

• iṃgudīsaṃbhavāni: originating from iṅgudī (a tree/fruit)
• iṃgudīsaṃbhavāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṃgudī + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक; इङ्गुदी-सम्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (iṃgudīyāḥ saṃbhavāni = from iṃgudī-origin)

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

Speaker

Īśvara (narrator-voice within the Purāṇic dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Additional fruits—cirbhaṭa, parūṣa, mātuliṅga, white coconuts, and iṅgudī fruits—are displayed, suggesting a coastal offering collection with bright, varied textures.

Characters & Entities

• Mātuliṅga (citron)
• Nālikera (coconut)
• Iṅgudī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is expressed through careful selection of pure, auspicious offerings for sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-tīrtha at Prabhāsakṣetra remains the ritual setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Inclusion of various fruits (including citron and coconut) among Śrāddha offerings.