Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भोजयेत्पायसैः शुभ्रैर्मध्वाज्यसितया सह । भवान्याः प्रीतये राजन्कुमार्याः पूजनं तथा

Transliteration

bhojayetpāyasaiḥ śubhrairmadhvājyasitayā saha | bhavānyāḥ prītaye rājankumāryāḥ pūjanaṃ tathā

Translation

அரசே, பவானியின் திருப்திக்காகத் தூய வெண்மையான பாயசத்தைத் தேன், நெய், சர்க்கரையுடன் சேர்த்து விருந்தினர்கள்/பூஜகர்களுக்கு அளிக்க வேண்டும்; மேலும் குமாரி தேவியைப் பூஜிக்க வேண்டும்।

Word by Word

• भोजयेत्: should cause to eat / should feed
• भोजयेत्: Karta (implicit subject/agent)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय् (धातु: भुज् + णिच्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रयोजक (causative)

• पायसैः: with rice-pudding/sweet milk-foods
• पायसैः: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• शुभ्रैः: white, pure
• शुभ्रैः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying पायसैः)

• मधु-आज्य-सितया: with honey, ghee, and sugar (mixture)
• मधु-आज्य-सितया: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक) + आज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वार्थे द्रव्यसमूहः (a mixture/combination)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-उपपद (postposition meaning 'together with')

• भवान्याः: of Bhavānī (Pārvatī)
• भवान्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/related)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th), एकवचन

• प्रीतये: for (her) pleasure/satisfaction
• प्रीतये: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th), एकवचन

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• कुमार्याः: of the maiden/virgin girl
• कुमार्याः: Sambandha (Possessor/related)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुमारी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन

• पूजनम्: worship, honoring
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nominative/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेष्य-भाववाचक (act-noun)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextually a Purāṇic narrator addressing a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājan / nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly patron arranges a Devi-centered rite in a forest-kshetra: silver bowls of white pāyasa glisten; attendants offer honey, ghee, and sugar; a young Kumārī is seated on a decorated pedestal as living Devi, receiving flowers, lamps, and respectful salutations.

Characters & Entities

• Bhavānī
• Kumārī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion becomes complete when worship (pūjā) is joined with hospitality and sacred feeding offered in a pure, sattvic manner to please the Goddess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Dharmāraṇya-māhātmya section, praising the sanctity of Dharmāraṇya as a place where Goddess-oriented rites bear fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding with white pāyasa along with honey, ghee, and sugar, and performing Kumārī-pūjā to please Bhavānī.