Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31
Devanagari script
धूपयित्वा सुगंधैश्च यो धूपयति मानवः । मन्वंतराणि वसते तत्संख्यानि हरेर्गृहे
Transliteration
dhūpayitvā sugaṃdhaiśca yo dhūpayati mānavaḥ | manvaṃtarāṇi vasate tatsaṃkhyāni harergṛhe
Translation
凡以芬芳之香（焚香）供养哈利（Hari），使主前香气弥漫者，将在哈利之居处安住，其时长以所供之数为量，等同于那么多的摩奴劫（Manvantara）。
Word by Word
धूपयित्वाhaving fumigated
धूपयित्वा:
Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
TypeVerb
Rootधूपय् (धातु, णिच् causative of धूप्/धूप)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), ‘having fumigated’
सुगन्धैःwith fragrances/incense
सुगन्धैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/connector)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
धूपयतिfumigates
धूपयति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधूपय् (धातु, णिच्)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Parasmaipada)
मानवःa man/person
मानवः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootमानव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)
मन्वन्तराणि(for) manvantaras
मन्वन्तराणि:
Karma (Extent/कर्म-परिमाण)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्वन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)
वसतेdwells
वसते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)
तत्-संख्यानिof that number (equal in count)
तत्-संख्यानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष (तत्संख्यानि = तद्वत् संख्यानि/तत्परिमाणानि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Plural)
हरेःof Hari
हरेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)
गृहेin the house/abode
गृहे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular)
Speaker
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee waves fragrant incense before Hari; spirals of smoke rise like a silver river, filling the sanctum; the act is repeated, suggesting a count that reaches cosmic scale.
Characters & Entities
H
HariFAQs
Small devotional acts like offering incense yield vast, time-transcending rewards when performed for Hari with reverence.
Dvārakā, the sacred abode of Śrī Kṛṣṇa/Hari.
Dhūpa-sevā: offering fragrant incense as part of pūjā.