Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

सोपस्करां सवत्सां च वस्त्रालंकारभूषिताम् । यथोक्तदक्षिणोपेतां ब्राह्मणाय कुटुंबिने

Transliteration

sopaskarāṃ savatsāṃ ca vastrālaṃkārabhūṣitām | yathoktadakṣiṇopetāṃ brāhmaṇāya kuṭuṃbine

Translation

تُعطى بقرةٌ مستكملةُ اللوازم، مع عِجلِها، مُزَيَّنةٌ بالثياب والحُليّ، ومقرونةٌ بالدكشِنا (dakṣiṇā) على الوجه المأمور به، لبرهمنٍ ربِّ أسرة.

Word by Word

• सोपस्कराम्: with equipment/utensils
• सोपस्कराम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-उपस्कर (प्रातिपदिक; स + उपस्कर)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying an implied feminine noun like धेनुम्)

• सवत्साम्: with a calf
• सवत्साम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-वत्स (प्रातिपदिक; स + वत्स)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• वस्त्रालंकारभूषिताम्: adorned with clothes and ornaments
• वस्त्रालंकारभूषिताम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस्त्र-अलंकार-भूषित (प्रातिपदिक; वस्त्र + अलंकार + भूषित)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'भूषित'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• यथोक्तदक्षिणोपेताम्: accompanied by the prescribed fee (dakṣiṇā)
• यथोक्तदक्षिणोपेताम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यथा-उक्त-दक्षिणा-उपेत (प्रातिपदिक; यथोक्त + दक्षिणा + उपेत)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) 'उपेत'; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• कुटुंबिने: to a householder/family man
• कुटुंबिने: Sampradāna (Recipient qualifier/सम्प्रदानविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुटुंबिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषणवत् (qualifying ब्राह्मणाय)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopikāsara (contextual benchmark)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gopikās

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ceremonial gifting of a decorated cow with calf to a householder brāhmaṇa, with dakṣiṇā presented respectfully after ritual bathing.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Brāhmaṇa
• Cow (go)
• Calf (vatsa)
• Dakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage merit is strengthened by dharmic charity—supporting worthy recipients with proper gifts and honorarium.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is given in the Dvārakā Māhātmya setting, tied to the merits associated with Gopikāsara snāna.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna: gifting a cow with calf, properly adorned, along with prescribed dakṣiṇā, to a householder brāhmaṇa.