Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

उद्दालकान्नपिटकं तद्वत्स्थाल्यादिभाजनम् । यत्र तत्रैव क्षिप्तं च तव तच्च प्रतिश्रयम्

Transliteration

uddālakānnapiṭakaṃ tadvatsthālyādibhājanam | yatra tatraiva kṣiptaṃ ca tava tacca pratiśrayam

Translation

ที่ใดมีกระบุงข้าวอาหาร และหม้อไหภาชนะต่าง ๆ เช่นภาชนะหุงต้ม ถูกโยนเกลื่อนกลาดไปทั่ว—ข้าแต่เทวี ที่นั่นก็เป็นที่พำนักของพระองค์

Word by Word

• उद्दालकान्नपिटकम्: a basket of uddālaka-grain food
• उद्दालकान्नपिटकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्दालक + अन्न + पिटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (उद्दालक-अन्नस्य पिटकः/पिटकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• तद्वत्: like that; similarly
• तद्वत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद्वत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग; तुल्यत्ववाचक (like that; similar)

• स्थाल्यादिभाजनम्: vessels such as pots, etc.
• स्थाल्यादिभाजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाली + आदि + भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: तत्पुरुष (स्थाली-आदि-भाजनम् = pots etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (where)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle of emphasis: just/indeed)

• क्षिप्तम्: thrown; cast
• क्षिप्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; भूतकृदन्त (PPP); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन; कर्मणि (thrown/strewn)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• तव: of you; your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive); एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया; एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• प्रतिश्रयम्: shelter; refuge; lodging
• प्रतिश्रयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिश्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (Kumāra) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kitchen/store-room with grain basket and scattered pots; utensils lying askew; the goddess’s presence implied as a shadow resting among the disorder, contrasting with an ideal orderly household.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūta
• Preta
• Piśāca

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Neglect, disorder, and lack of domestic discipline are framed as conditions that attract harmful influences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the implied prescription is maintaining śauca (cleanliness) and orderly conduct.