Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

मधूकं रामठं चैव कर्पूरं मरिचं गुडम् । श्राद्धकर्मणि शस्तानि सैंधवं त्रपुसं तथा

Transliteration

madhūkaṃ rāmaṭhaṃ caiva karpūraṃ maricaṃ guḍam | śrāddhakarmaṇi śastāni saiṃdhavaṃ trapusaṃ tathā

Translation

มธุูกะ รามฐะ การบูร พริกไทยดำ และน้ำตาลอ้อยก้อน—สิ่งเหล่านี้สรรเสริญว่าเหมาะในพิธีศราทธะ; เช่นเดียวกับเกลือสินเธาวะและตรปุสะด้วย

Word by Word

• मधूकम्: madhūka (a sweet substance/flower)
• मधूकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधूक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रामठम्: rāmaṭha (a fragrant substance)
• रामठम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कर्पूरम्: camphor
• कर्पूरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्पूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मरिचम्: pepper
• मरिचम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरिच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गुडम्: jaggery
• गुडम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्राद्धकर्मणि: in the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धकर्मणि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• शस्तानि: commended/approved
• शस्तानि: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय) / शस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-कृदन्त (past passive participle used adjectivally), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• सैन्धवम्: rock-salt
• सैन्धवम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सैन्धव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रपुसम्: cucumber
• त्रपुसम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रपुस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha kitchen/ritual prep: bowls of jaggery and rock salt, black pepper, aromatic substances, and vegetables; a brass plate for offerings; camphor kept for fragrance; the yajamāna’s household prepares sattvic food for brāhmaṇa-bhojana.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma values appropriateness: certain pure, sattvic ingredients are traditionally esteemed for ancestral offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the śrāddha menu and materials are described as part of the sacred tradition of the place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use praised ingredients for śrāddha preparations, including madhūka, rāmaṭha, camphor, pepper, jaggery, rock-salt, and trapusa.