Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

जम्बीरं च फलं दद्याज्जातीपुष्पैश्च पूजयेत् । लवङ्गं प्राशयेत्तत्र तस्यानन्तफलं भवेत्

Transliteration

jambīraṃ ca phalaṃ dadyājjātīpuṣpaiśca pūjayet | lavaṅgaṃ prāśayettatra tasyānantaphalaṃ bhavet

Translation

جَمبیر (لیمو/سِترون) کا پھل نذر کرے اور جاتی (چنبیلی) کے پھولوں سے پوجا کرے۔ وہاں لونگ کو پرساد کے طور پر چکھے؛ اس کے لیے اس کا ثواب بے انتہا ہو جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• jambīram: lemon/citron
• jambīram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jambīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे/पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/2nd), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• dadyāt: should give/offer
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: with jasmine flowers
• jātīpuṣpaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jātī-puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (जात्याः पुष्पाणि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• lavaṅgam: clove
• lavaṅgam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• prāśayet: should eat/consume
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक

• tasya: of that; for him/that act
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• anantaphalam: endless fruit/result
• anantaphalam: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ananta-phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम्; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अनन्तं फलं)

• bhavet: would be; should occur
• bhavet: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

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 devotee in Prabhāsa offers a bright yellow jambīra fruit before a Śiva-liṅga, garlanding with white jasmine; a small dish of cloves is received as prasāda, with the sea-breeze and coastal temple lamps in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Jambīra
• Lavaṅga
• Jātī (jasmine)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a celebrated tīrtha, even modest offerings made with devotion are said to yield inexhaustible spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the central sacred geography of this section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer jambīra fruit, worship with jasmine, and partake of clove; the stated result is ananta-phala (endless merit).