Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ऊर्णाप्रावरणं योऽपि भक्त्या दद्याद्द्विजोत्तमे । सोऽपि याति परां सिद्धिं मर्त्यैरन्यैः सुदुर्लभाम्

Transliteration

ūrṇāprāvaraṇaṃ yo'pi bhaktyā dadyāddvijottame | so'pi yāti parāṃ siddhiṃ martyairanyaiḥ sudurlabhām

Translation

ومن قدّم بتعبّدٍ غطاءً من صوفٍ لبرهمنٍ فاضل—فهو أيضًا ينال السِّدهي العُليا، وهي عسيرة المنال على سائر البشر.

Word by Word

• ūrṇā-prāvaraṇaṃ: a woolen covering/blanket
• ūrṇā-prāvaraṇaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrṇā (प्रातिपदिक) + prāvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ऊर्णायाः प्रावरणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘even/also’)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘दद्याद्’ (sandhi form)

• dvija-uttame: in/for a best brāhmaṇa (to a noble twice-born)
• dvija-uttame: Adhikaraṇa (Recipient-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (उत्तमः द्विजः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); अर्थतः ‘द्विजोत्तमे (ब्राह्मणे)’ = ‘श्रेष्ठे ब्राह्मणे’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘also’)

• yāti: he goes; he attains
• yāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• parāṃ: supreme
• parāṃ: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘siddhim’)

• siddhiṃ: attainment; perfection
• siddhiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• martyaiḥ: by mortals; among humans
• martyaiḥ: Karaṇa/Hetu (By/among; comparison-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• anyaiḥ: other
• anyaiḥ: Karaṇa (Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘martyaiḥ’)

• su-durlabhām: very difficult to obtain
• su-durlabhām: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सुदुर्लभ = अतिशयेन दुर्लभ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘siddhim’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee wraps or offers a woollen shawl to an elderly brāhmaṇa; a subtle siddhi-symbol (lotus, radiant crown, or ascending light) indicates ‘paramā siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity (bhakti-yukta dāna) at a holy place yields rare spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving a woollen covering/blanket to an exemplary brāhmaṇa, explicitly as a devotional act.