Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48
Devanagari script
साज्येन गुग्गुलेनापि सुगंधेन जनार्द्दनम् । धूपयित्वा नरो याति पदं भूयः सदा शिवम्
Transliteration
sājyena guggulenāpi sugaṃdhena janārddanam | dhūpayitvā naro yāti padaṃ bhūyaḥ sadā śivam
Translation
即使只以芳香的古古卢（guggulu）拌以酥油焚香供养阇那尔达那（Janārdana），此人亦将抵达恒常吉祥的至上归处，再不复返。
Word by Word
साज्येनwith ghee
साज्येन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + स (उपसर्ग/सह-अर्थक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—सह आज्येन (with ghee)
गुग्गुलेनwith guggulu (resin)
गुग्गुलेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootगुग्गुलु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन
अपिalso/even
अपि:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘also/even’
सुगन्धेनwith fragrance/perfume
सुगन्धेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुगन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/Instrumental), एकवचन
जनार्द्दनम्Janārdana (Viṣṇu/Kṛṣṇa)
जनार्द्दनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजनार्द्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन
धूपयित्वाhaving offered incense
धूपयित्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootधूपय् (धातु; णिच्)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having fumigated/incensed’
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता/Subject), एकवचन
यातिgoes/attains
याति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
पदम्state/abode
पदम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन
भूयःagain/further
भूयः:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootभूयस् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), पुनः/अधिकम्-अर्थे
सदाalways
सदा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसदा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb), नित्यं-अर्थे
शिवम्auspicious/Śiva (as the auspicious abode)
शिवम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootशिव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म/Object), एकवचन; विशेषणम् पदम्-शब्दस्य
Speaker
Unspecified (Dvārakā Māhātmya narrator addressing a king)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: King
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee offers guggulu incense enriched with ghee to Janārdana; the smoke rises like a path toward a luminous, serene supreme abode symbolized above the sanctum.
Characters & Entities
J
JanārdanaG
GugguluĀ
Ājya (ghee)FAQs
Devotional worship, even with simple materials, can lead to liberation and the highest auspicious state.
Dvārakā is the overarching sacred setting in the Dvārakā Māhātmya.
Incense-offering (dhūpa) to Janārdana using fragrant guggulu with ghee.