Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ताभिः परिवृता सार्धं ब्रह्माणी कमलालया । काश्चिन्मोदकमादाय काश्चित्पूपं वरानने

Transliteration

tābhiḥ parivṛtā sārdhaṃ brahmāṇī kamalālayā | kāścinmodakamādāya kāścitpūpaṃ varānane

Translation

त्या स्त्रियांनी वेढलेली ब्रह्माची पत्नी ब्रह्माणी—कमलालयेची देवी—त्यांच्यासह निघाली. हे वरानने, काहींनी मोदक, काहींनी पूप (पक्वान्न) घेतले.

Word by Word

• ताभिः: by/with those (women)
• ताभिः: Sahakārī (Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• परिवृता: surrounded
• परिवृता: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + वृत् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सार्धम्: together with
• सार्धम्: Sahārtha (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सार्धम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (with/together)

• ब्रह्माणी: Brahmāṇī
• ब्रह्माणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कमलालया: lotus-dwelling (lotus-seated)
• कमलालया: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कमलालय (प्रातिपदिक) = कमल + आलय
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कमलस्य आलयः/आलया)

• काश्चित्: some (women)
• काश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (some)

• मोदकम्: a sweet ball (modaka)
• मोदकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आदाय: having taken
• आदाय: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + दा (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); (having taken)

• काश्चित्: some (women)
• काश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (some)

• पूपम्: a cake
• पूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक) = वर + आनना
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (वरम् आननं यस्याः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: varānane (addressed ‘O fair-faced one’ within the narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmāṇī (lotus-associated goddess) walks amid a circle of devīs; attendants carry trays of modakas and pūpas, their faces bright; the procession moves toward a sacred audience with Brahmā.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmāṇī
• Kamalālayā (lotus-dwelling goddess)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service is expressed through auspicious offerings—simple foods become sacred when carried with reverence in a tīrtha context.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Preparation and carrying of naivedya-like food items (modaka, pūpa) as offerings; the verse implies devotional presentation rather than stating a formal vow.