Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

प्रभूतबलिभिश्चैव पिष्टेन विविधेन च । योगिनीनां चतुःषष्टिं तस्मिन्पीठे प्रपूजयेत्

Transliteration

prabhūtabalibhiścaiva piṣṭena vividhena ca | yoginīnāṃ catuḥṣaṣṭiṃ tasminpīṭhe prapūjayet

Translation

کثرت سے بَلی (نذر) اور آٹے کے گوندھے ہوئے مختلف نذرانوں کے ساتھ، اسی پِیٹھ (مقدس آستان) پر چونسٹھ یوگنیوں کی پوجا کرے۔

Word by Word

• prabhūtabalibhiḥ: with abundant offerings
• prabhūtabalibhiḥ: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhūta + bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ‘प्रभूताः बलयः’ (masc. instr. pl.)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (particle of emphasis)

• piṣṭena: with flour/dough
• piṣṭena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: piṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक; √piṣ पिष् सञ्चूर्णने)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन (neut. instr. sg.)

• vividhena: various
• vividhena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (neut. instr. sg.; qualifying piṣṭena)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• yoginīnām: of the Yoginīs
• yoginīnām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yoginī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन (fem. gen. pl.)

• catuḥṣaṣṭim: sixty-four
• catuḥṣaṣṭim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: catuḥṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; संख्या ‘चतुः + षष्टि’ (neuter not; here fem. acc. sg. as numeral)

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (loc. sg.; pronoun)

• pīṭhe: seat/altar
• pīṭhe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन (neut. loc. sg.)

• prapūjayet: should worship
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + √pūj (पूज पूजायाम्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (vidhiliṅ, 3rd person sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from māhātmya ritual enumeration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yoginī-pīṭha at Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A circular Yoginī-maṇḍala around a central pīṭha: 64 fierce yet auspicious female forms implied, while the worshipper places abundant bali and varied flour-paste offerings in arranged patterns.

Characters & Entities

• Yoginīs (64)
• Pīṭha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The sacred landscape includes powerful attendant divinities; honoring them at their pīṭha completes the ritual ecology of the tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, specifically a pīṭha where Yoginī worship is enjoined.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship of the 64 Yoginīs with abundant bali and diverse piṣṭa (flour-paste) offerings.