Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

लिखित्वा तच्च यो दद्याद्धेमसिंहसमन्वितम् । पौर्णमास्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

likhitvā tacca yo dadyāddhemasiṃhasamanvitam | paurṇamāsyāṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

من يكتب ذلك النصّ ثم يتصدّق به مقرونًا بعرشِ أسدٍ من ذهب، في يوم البدر من شهر براوشتهابدا (Prauṣṭhapada)، يبلغ المقام الأعلى والغاية العظمى.

Word by Word

• लिखित्वा: having written
• लिखित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √लिख् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having written’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that (text/thing)’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should give’

• हेमसिंहसमन्वितम्: endowed with a golden lion (figure/ornament)
• हेमसिंहसमन्वितम्: Karma (Object complement/what is given)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + सिंह + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘समन्वित’ = endowed with; तत्पुरुषः ‘हेमसिंहेन समन्वितम्’

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• प्रौष्ठपद्याम्: in (the full moon of) Proṣṭhapadā
• प्रौष्ठपद्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रौष्ठपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नक्षत्र/मास-विशेषणसम्बद्ध-तिथिवाचक (in the Proṣṭhapadā-related full moon)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; संकेतक (demonstrative)

• याति: attains
• याति: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘goes/attains’

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of gati)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गतिम् इति विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents a freshly written manuscript on a golden lion-throne seat to a learned reciter/temple, under a full moon of Prauṣṭhapada; lamps, conch, and temple banners frame the act.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred giving (dāna), especially of scripture, is presented as a direct cause for attaining the highest spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, thereby framing the merit of dāna in the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate a written sacred text together with a golden lion-seat on Prauṣṭhapada Pūrṇimā.