Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

नारिकेलफलं दद्याद्दमनेन प्रपूजयेत् । शर्करां प्राशयेद्रात्रौ जागरं चैव कारयेत्

Transliteration

nārikelaphalaṃ dadyāddamanena prapūjayet | śarkarāṃ prāśayedrātrau jāgaraṃ caiva kārayet

Translation

Hãy dâng trái dừa và phụng thờ với cỏ damana (dūrvā). Ban đêm, hãy dùng đường và cũng giữ thức canh (jāgaraṇa).

Word by Word

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

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

• damanena: with damana (a sacred grass/plant)
• damanena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: damana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन

• prapūjayet: should worship well
• prapūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra + pūj (पूज्, पूजायाम्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• śarkarām: sugar
• śarkarām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarkarā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• prāśayet: should eat / should cause to be eaten
• prāśayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prāś (प्राश्, भक्षणे) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (causative sense possible by context: ‘cause to eat’), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• rātrau: at night
• rātrau: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rātri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• jāgaram: vigil (staying awake)
• jāgaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• kārayet: should cause to be done / should perform (arrange)
• kārayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ, करणॆ) (धातु)
• Form: णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative) + विधिलिङ्, 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 pilgrim couple at Prabhāsa at dusk: coconut offering placed before a shrine, green damana/dūrvā garlands, lamps lit for an all-night vigil; sugar offered as small prasāda bowl.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wakeful devotion and simple regulated food offered in a sacred context are taught as potent supports for vrata.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer coconut, worship with damana, take sugar at night, and observe jāgaraṇa (vigil).