Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतं चन्दनं यच्छते हरेः । निर्द्दहेत्पातकं सर्वं पूर्वजन्मशतार्जितम्

Transliteration

tulasīkāṣṭhasaṃbhūtaṃ candanaṃ yacchate hareḥ | nirddahetpātakaṃ sarvaṃ pūrvajanmaśatārjitam

Translation

若以由圣罗勒（tulasī）木所制之檀香膏供奉哈利（Hari），便能焚尽百世以来所积一切罪业。

Word by Word

• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतम्: arisen from tulasī-wood
• तुलसीकाष्ठसंभूतम्: विशेषण (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुलसी (प्रातिपदिक) + काष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + संभूत (कृदन्त; भू धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (तुलसी-काष्ठात् संभूतम्); संभूत = भू (धातु) + सम्-उपसर्ग + क्त (past participle)

• चन्दनम्: sandalwood (paste)
• चन्दनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• यच्छते: offers; gives
• यच्छते: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; √यम् (to give/offer)

• हरेः: to/of Hari
• हरेः: सम्प्रदान/सम्बन्ध (Recipient in genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• निर्दहेत्: would burn away
• निर्दहेत्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; उपसर्गः—निर् (nir-)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: विशेषण (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पातकस्य)

• पूर्वजन्मशतार्जितम्: acquired over a hundred previous births
• पूर्वजन्मशतार्जितम्: विशेषण (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्जित (कृदन्त; अर्ज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पूर्वेषु जन्मसु शतेषु अर्जितम्); अर्जित = अर्ज् (धातु) + क्त (past participle)

Speaker

Deductive: narrative voice of the Dvārakā Māhātmya (commonly Sūta relating the māhātmya to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee grinds tulasī-wood into a pale sandal paste and offers it to Hari’s icon; a subtle aura suggests sins being ‘burned’ away like smoke dissolving.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Tulasī
• Candana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings made with tulasī—especially in anointing service to Hari—are portrayed as profound purification, surpassing ordinary expiations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s devotional culture, where Hari’s worship with tulasī-based offerings is magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prepare/offer candana (anointing paste) derived from tulasī-wood for Hari’s worship.