Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जात्यश्च सर्वा दातव्या मल्लिका श्वेतयूथिका । जलोद्भवानि सर्वाणि कुसुमानि च चम्पकम्

Transliteration

jātyaśca sarvā dātavyā mallikā śvetayūthikā | jalodbhavāni sarvāṇi kusumāni ca campakam

Translation

Hendaklah dipersembahkan segala jenis melur—mallikā dan yūthikā putih; juga semua bunga yang lahir dari air, serta bunga campaka.

Word by Word

• जात्याः: jasmine-flowers (jātī)
• जात्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• दातव्याः: to be given/should be offered
• दातव्याः: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्य (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• मल्लिकाः: mallikā-flowers
• मल्लिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• श्वेतयूथिकाः: white yūthikā-flowers
• श्वेतयूथिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + यूथिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जलोद्भवानि: water-born
• जलोद्भवानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (जलात् उद्भवः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुसुमानि: flowers
• कुसुमानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• चम्पकम्: campaka-flower
• चम्पकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (as item in list)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a shrine or śrāddha altar holding garlands and loose blossoms: mallikā and white yūthikā jasmine, a tray of lotus-like water flowers, and golden campaka blooms; the air is dense with fragrance.

Characters & Entities

• Mallikā
• Yūthikā
• Campaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through pure and auspicious offerings; beauty and fragrance become vehicles of reverence in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even the choice of flowers is framed as part of correct rite and the place’s sacred culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer specific auspicious flowers—jasmine varieties, water-born blossoms, and campaka—during the rite.