Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

जात्यश्च सर्वा दातव्या मल्लिका श्वेतयूथिका । जलोद्भवानि सर्वाणि कुसुमानि च चम्पकम्

Transliteration

jātyaśca sarvā dātavyā mallikā śvetayūthikā | jalodbhavāni sarvāṇi kusumāni ca campakam

Translation

چنبیلی کی سب قسمیں نذر کی جائیں—ملّکا اور سفید یوتھِکا۔ پانی میں اُگنے والے سب پھول بھی، اور چمپک کے شگوفے بھی۔

Word by Word

• जात्याः: jasmine-flowers (jātī)
• जात्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• सर्वाः: all
• सर्वाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (adjective)

• दातव्याः: to be given/should be offered
• दातव्याः: Vidheya (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्य (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• मल्लिकाः: mallikā-flowers
• मल्लिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• श्वेतयूथिकाः: white yūthikā-flowers
• श्वेतयूथिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + यूथिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• जलोद्भवानि: water-born
• जलोद्भवानि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (जलात् उद्भवः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• कुसुमानि: flowers
• कुसुमानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• चम्पकम्: campaka-flower
• चम्पकम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चम्पक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); सूचीकरणे (as item in list)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a shrine or śrāddha altar holding garlands and loose blossoms: mallikā and white yūthikā jasmine, a tray of lotus-like water flowers, and golden campaka blooms; the air is dense with fragrance.

Characters & Entities

• Mallikā
• Yūthikā
• Campaka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion is expressed through pure and auspicious offerings; beauty and fragrance become vehicles of reverence in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where even the choice of flowers is framed as part of correct rite and the place’s sacred culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer specific auspicious flowers—jasmine varieties, water-born blossoms, and campaka—during the rite.