Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

शर्कराराशयस्तत्र मोदकानां च संचयाः । भक्ष्याणि स्वादुसर्वाणि बहून्याभरणानि च

Transliteration

śarkarārāśayastatra modakānāṃ ca saṃcayāḥ | bhakṣyāṇi svādusarvāṇi bahūnyābharaṇāni ca

Translation

ที่นั่นมีภูเขาน้ำตาลและคลังโมทกะ ขนมหวานอันโอชะนานาชนิด และเครื่องประดับมากมายก็มีอยู่ด้วย

Word by Word

• शर्कराराशयः: heaps of sugar
• शर्कराराशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शर्करा (प्रातिपदिक) + राशि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (शर्करायाः राशयः), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• मोदकानाम्: of sweets (modakas)
• मोदकानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

• संचयाः: collections/accumulations
• संचयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संचय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भक्ष्याणि: edibles/foods
• भक्ष्याणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ष्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्वादुसर्वाणि: all sweet
• स्वादुसर्वाणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वादु (प्रातिपदिक) + सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (स्वादूनि सर्वाणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘भक्ष्याणि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• बहूनि: many
• बहूनि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; ‘आभरणानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• आभरणानि: ornaments
• आभरणानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आभरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa conveying the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the miraculous grove appear heaps of sugar, stores of modakas, countless sweet foods, and many ornaments—like a celestial treasury laid open in nature.

Characters & Entities

• modaka
• ābharaṇa (ornaments)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is depicted as a field of merit where prosperity appears effortlessly, suggesting that dharma and sacred presence generate auspicious fullness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the description of the wondrous tīrtha-region around the ascetics’ grove and sacred waters in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly, though such abundance imagery often frames dāna (charity) and naivedya (offerings) associated with tīrtha worship.