Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

तद्देशसंभवैश्चान्यैर्भूरिभिः कुसुमैर्नृप । एकैकं नृप शार्दूल राजसूयसमं स्मृतम्

Transliteration

taddeśasaṃbhavaiścānyairbhūribhiḥ kusumairnṛpa | ekaikaṃ nṛpa śārdūla rājasūyasamaṃ smṛtam

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ด้วยดอกไม้อื่นๆ อีกมากมายอันอุดม ที่เกิดในแว่นแคว้นนั้นเอง โอ้พญาราชสีห์ในหมู่กษัตริย์ การถวายแม้เพียงหนึ่งเดียว ย่อมถูกจดจำว่าเสมอด้วยราชสูยะยัญ

Word by Word

• tad-deśa-saṃbhavaiḥ: born in that region
• tad-deśa-saṃbhavaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad + deśa + saṃbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• anyaiḥ: with other
• anyaiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• bhūribhiḥ: many/abundant
• bhūribhiḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kusumaiḥ: with flowers
• kusumaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• eka-ekam: each one
• eka-ekam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (distributive sense: each)

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• śārdūla: O tiger among kings
• śārdūla: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śārdūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• rājasūya-samam: equal to a Rājasūya sacrifice
• rājasūya-samam: Karmadhāraya/Predicative (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rājasūya-sama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• smṛtam: is considered/remembered
• smṛtam: Kriya (Result state/क्रिया-फल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: smṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a single flower at a Dvārakā shrine while the narration proclaims it equal to a rājasūya; the contrast between simple offering and grand sacrifice is visually implied.

Characters & Entities

• Rājasūya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a mahākṣetra, even a single humble offering made with devotion can equal the fruit of grand Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sacred ‘local’ offerings (flowers from that region).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering abundant flowers—especially those native to the sacred place—as part of pūjā.