Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

फलं च दाडिमं दद्याज्जातीपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत् । रजन्यामंगुरं प्राश्य सिद्धियुक्तं तु पूजयेत्

Transliteration

phalaṃ ca dāḍimaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet | rajanyāmaṃguraṃ prāśya siddhiyuktaṃ tu pūjayet

Translation

انار کا پھل نذر کرے اور چنبیلی کے پھولوں سے پوجا کرے۔ رات کو انگور (یا کشمش) تناول کر کے، سِدھی سے یُکت پروردگار کی ارچنا کرے۔

Word by Word

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dāḍimam: pomegranate
• dāḍimam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāḍima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒, दान) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: with jasmine flowers
• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātī (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त-पुṣpa), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• rajanyām: at night
• rajanyām: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajanī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• aṅguram: grapes
• aṅguram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṅgura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• prāśya: having eaten
• prāśya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (प्राश्, भक्षणे) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), ‘having eaten/tasted’

• siddhiyuktam: endowed with success (siddhi)
• siddhiyuktam: Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (युज्-क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the worshipped deity/thing)

• tu: indeed/then
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A night-time shrine scene at Prabhāsa: jasmine garlands, pomegranate offering, and a devotee partaking of grapes/raisins before resuming worship of a siddhi-bestowing Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jātī (jasmine)
• Dāḍima (pomegranate)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through specific offerings and disciplined timing (night observance) is praised as a means to spiritual attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer pomegranate, worship with jasmine, partake aṅgura at night, and worship the siddhi-endowed Lord.