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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

स्नानगन्धादि वस्त्रैस्तु प्रभूतबलिभिस्तथा । गीतवादित्रघोषेण दीपजागरणेन च । तोषिता भीष्मकसुता सर्वान्कामान्प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

snānagandhādi vastraistu prabhūtabalibhistathā | gītavāditraghoṣeṇa dīpajāgaraṇena ca | toṣitā bhīṣmakasutā sarvānkāmānprayacchati

Translation

स्नानगन्धान्यवस्त्रैश्च प्रभूतबलिभिस्तथा। गीतवादित्रघोषेण दीपजागरणेन च॥ तोषिता भीष्मकसुता सर्वान् कामान् प्रयच्छति।

Word by Word
स्नानगन्धादिbath, perfumes, etc.
स्नानगन्धादि:
Adjectival (विशेषण-भाव)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (समाहार/‘etc.’ sense), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-एकवचन (contextually as qualifier of वस्त्रैः: ‘bath-perfume etc.’)
वस्त्रैःwith garments; with cloths
वस्त्रैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तुindeed; and; but
तु:
Discourse particle (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक
प्रभूतबलिभिःwith abundant offerings
प्रभूतबलिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभूत (प्रातिपदिक) + बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास (‘abundant offerings’), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
तथाand likewise
तथा:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb/conjunction)
गीतवादित्रघोषेणby the sound of songs and instruments
गीतवादित्रघोषेण:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगीत (प्रातिपदिक) + वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक) + घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formद्वन्द्व-समास (गीत + वादित्र; ततः तत्पुरुष ‘घोष’), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
दीपजागरणेनby lamp-vigil; by keeping lamps and staying awake
दीपजागरणेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप (प्रातिपदिक) + जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘wakefulness with lamps/lamplight vigil’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
चand
च:
Connector (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
तोषिताbeing pleased; satisfied
तोषिता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootतुष् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (भिष्मकसुता-शब्दस्य)
भीष्मकसुताBhīṣmaka’s daughter (Rukmiṇī)
भीष्मकसुता:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभीष्मक (प्रातिपदिक) + सुता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘daughter of Bhīṣmaka’), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
सर्वान्all
सर्वान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (कामान्-शब्दस्य)
कामान्desires; wishes
कामान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकाम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
प्रयच्छतिgrants; bestows
प्रयच्छति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + यम् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style in Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī (Bhīṣmaka-sutā) worship in Dvārakā

Type: temple

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A festive temple night: devotees bathe and anoint with perfumes, offer garments and abundant bali, sing with instruments, and keep a lamp-vigil; Rukmiṇī, pleased, grants all desires.

Characters & Entities
R
Rukmiṇī
B
Bhīṣmaka
D
Dīpa-jāgaraṇa
B
Bali

FAQs

Joyful, devotional celebration—offerings, music, and lamp-vigil—pleases the देवी and yields auspicious fulfillment.

Dvārakā/Dvāravatī, within the Dvārakā Māhātmya’s description of Rukmiṇī worship.

Ritual bathing and offerings (perfume, garments, bali), devotional music, and dīpa-jāgaraṇa (lamp vigil) as a festival-style worship.

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