Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

कलौ दानानि दीयन्ते ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाविधि । प्रभासं क्षेत्रमासाद्य तपसां प्राप्यते फलम्

Transliteration

kalau dānāni dīyante brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi | prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapasāṃ prāpyate phalam

Translation

في عصر كالي تُقدَّم الصدقات (dāna) إلى البراهمة (brāhmaṇa) على وفق السنن الصحيحة. وببلوغ كِشْترا برابهاسا (Prabhāsa) المقدّسة ينال المرء ثمرة النسك (tapas).

Word by Word

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दानानि: gifts, charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• दीयन्ते: are given
• दीयन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• यथाविधि: according to rule, duly
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached, having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• तपसाम्: of austerities
• तपसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kali-yuga householder arrives at Prabhāsa, offers regulated gifts to brāhmaṇas near the shrine/ghāṭa; a subtle aura indicates ‘tapas-phala’ being conferred by the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga
• Brāhmaṇas
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Dāna
• Tapas-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali Yuga dharma emphasizes properly performed dāna; Prabhāsa magnifies spiritual effort so that tapas-like merit is attained through tīrtha-contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving charity to brāhmaṇas according to śāstric procedure (yathāvidhi dāna).