Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

ततो गौरी ददौ भोज्यपात्रं मोदकपूरितम् । पुत्रस्नेहात्स तत्प्राप्य लास्यमेवं तदाऽकरोत्

Transliteration

tato gaurī dadau bhojyapātraṃ modakapūritam | putrasnehātsa tatprāpya lāsyamevaṃ tadā'karot

Translation

แล้วพระคุรีประทานภาชนะอาหารที่เต็มด้วยโมทกะ; ด้วยความรักของมารดา เมื่อได้รับแล้ว เขาก็ร่ายรำลาสยะอย่างซุกซนในกาลนั้น

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• गौरी: Gaurī
• गौरी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• भोज्यपात्रम्: a food-vessel/plate
• भोज्यपात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य + पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (भोज्यं पात्रम्)

• मोदकपूरितम्: filled with modakas
• मोदकपूरितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोदक + पूरित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त ‘पूरित’; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मोदकैः पूरितम्) विशेषण (of भोज्यपात्रम्)

• पुत्रस्नेहात्: out of affection for (her) son
• पुत्रस्नेहात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र + स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (पुत्रस्य स्नेहः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तत्: that (vessel)
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having obtained
• प्राप्य: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• लास्यम्: a dance (lāsya)
• लास्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (thus)

• तदा: then
• तदा: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (then)

• अकरोत्: did/performed
• अकरोत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (within the Śiva-Pārvatī framed account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahāvināyaka-sthāna at Arbuda (as narrated)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gaurī, compassionate and luminous, offers a bowl brimming with modakas; the child-deity receives it and breaks into a graceful, playful dance (lāsya).

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī (Pārvatī)
• Modaka
• Mahāvināyaka/Gaṇeśa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divinity is approached through loving devotion (bhakti); offerings made with affection become spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda sacred narrative setting; the verse chiefly supports Mahāvināyaka’s devotional culture rather than naming a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering modakas (naivedya) is implied as a beloved offering to Mahāvināyaka.