Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

पत्रैर्दिवाकरतरोर्विधाय पुटकाञ्छुभान् । उपविश्य क्रमात्सर्वे ते पिबंति स्म गोरसम्

Transliteration

patrairdivākaratarorvidhāya puṭakāñchubhān | upaviśya kramātsarve te pibaṃti sma gorasam

Translation

เขาทั้งหลายใช้ใบไม้แห่งต้นทิวากระทำเป็นถ้วยใบอันงาม แล้วนั่งเรียงตามลำดับ และดื่มโครสที่ถวายไว้ ณ ที่นั้น

Word by Word

• पत्रैः: with leaves
• पत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम् (with leaves)

• दिवाकर-तरोः: of the divākara-tree
• दिवाकर-तरोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक) + तरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दिवाकरस्य तरुः); पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• विधाय: having made
• विधाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि-धा (धातु) + ल्यप् (क्त्वा-प्रत्ययः)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययम् (absolutive); पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having made/arranged)

• पुटकान्: little cups/leaf-bowls
• पुटकान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुटक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• शुभान्: auspicious/beautiful
• शुभान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; पुटकान् इति विशेषणम्

• उपविश्य: having sat down
• उपविश्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप-विश् (धातु) + ल्यप्
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त-अव्ययम्; पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having sat down)

• क्रमात्: in order
• क्रमात्: Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; अव्ययीभाववत् क्रियाविशेषणप्रयोगः (in order/one by one)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम-रूपम्

• पिबन्ति: drink
• पिबन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• स्म: (narrative marker)
• स्म: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्म (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; भूतार्थे/वृत्तान्तसूचक-निपातः (used to/indeed; past narrative marker)

• गोरसम्: cow’s milk
• गोरसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोः रसः); पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages craft bright leaf-cups from the Divākara tree, sit in a neat sequence, and drink milk together in a disciplined, peaceful assembly.

Characters & Entities

• Divākara-taru (Divākara tree)
• munis (implied)
• goras (milk)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverent hospitality and simple offerings, when received in a sacred place, become vehicles of grace and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), a famed pilgrimage geography of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse highlights orderly reception and drinking of sanctified milk as a grace-filled act.