Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

पायसेन च मांसेन ह्यन्नाद्यैः सुरया तथा । ततः संपूज्य देवशं जयंतं रक्षिणां वरम्

Transliteration

pāyasena ca māṃsena hyannādyaiḥ surayā tathā | tataḥ saṃpūjya devaśaṃ jayaṃtaṃ rakṣiṇāṃ varam

Translation

پایس (شیریں کھیر) اور گوشت سے، طرح طرح کے کھانوں سے اور سُرا سے بھی؛ پھر محافظوں میں برتر، دیوی لشکر کے سردار جَیَنت کی باقاعدہ پوجا کر کے (آگے بڑھے)۔

Word by Word

• pāyasena: with rice-pudding (pāyasa)
• pāyasena: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (Samuccaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• māṃsena: with meat
• māṃsena: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māṃsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Particle (Nipāta)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• annādyaiḥ: with foods and the like
• annādyaiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘अन्नादि’ (food etc.)

• surayā: with liquor (surā)
• surayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: surā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Connector/Adverbial
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपमान (adverb/conjunction: ‘likewise’)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिलन्त (ablatival adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• saṃpūjya: having worshipped
• saṃpūjya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃ-√pūj (पूज् धातु)
• Form: कृदन्तः—ल्यप् (absolutive/gerund) ‘having worshipped’

• devaśam: Devaśa (proper name/epithet)
• devaśam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; (पाठभेदसम्भावना: devaśam/devaśaṃ)

• jayantam: Jayanta
• jayantam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jayanta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• rakṣiṇām: of the protectors/guardians
• rakṣiṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣin (प्रातिपदिक; √rakṣ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• varam: the best/excellent
• varam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (jayantam)

Speaker

Śrīprahlāda (narrative voice within Dvārakā Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (Jayanta-rakṣaka station)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A guardian-deity Jayanta stands near an inner approach—armed, radiant, protective—while offerings of pāyasa, various foods, and (as stated) surā are presented; the atmosphere is liminal, between outer gate and inner sanctum.

Characters & Entities

• Jayanta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching the Lord is accompanied by honoring His appointed protectors through prescribed offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā and its sacred precincts, described as a dhāma with divine guardians.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering pāyasa, foods, and other upacāras in a formal worship of Jayanta, the chief guardian.