Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यः शरद्विषुवे दद्याद्धेमवस्त्रसमन्वितम् । क्षौमावृतं युतं धेन्वा स पदं याति वैष्णवम्

Transliteration

yaḥ śaradviṣuve dadyāddhemavastrasamanvitam | kṣaumāvṛtaṃ yutaṃ dhenvā sa padaṃ yāti vaiṣṇavam

Translation

যি জনে শৰৎ বিষুৱত সোণালী বস্ত্ৰসহ দান কৰে, আৰু ক্ষৌমে আৱৃত গাইও সহ দান কৰে, সেই জনে পৰম বৈষ্ণৱ পদ লাভ কৰে।

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• शरद्विषुवे: at the autumnal equinox
• शरद्विषुवे: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरद् + विषुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शरदः विषुवम्) (Neuter, Locative, Singular)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• हेमवस्त्रसमन्वितम्: endowed with golden garments
• हेमवस्त्रसमन्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + वस्त्र + समन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्+अन्वि (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (हेमवस्त्रैः समन्वितम्) (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• क्षौमावृतम्: covered with linen
• क्षौमावृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्षौम + आवृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; आ+वृ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (क्षौमेण आवृतम्) (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• युतम्: accompanied/combined (with)
• युतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; युज् (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• धेन्वा: with a cow
• धेन्वा: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• याति: goes/attains
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)

• वैष्णवम्: Vaiṣṇava (of Viṣṇu)
• वैष्णवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On an equinox morning, a cow draped in pale linen is led to a temple courtyard; the donor offers golden cloth and performs saṅkalpa facing a Viṣṇu emblem (śaṅkha-cakra), with priests blessing the gift.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiṣṇava-pada
• Dhenū (cow)
• Śarad-viṣu (autumnal equinox)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified generosity—especially go-dāna—links household virtue to divine attainment in the Vaiṣṇava path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred landscape in which these dāna-vidhis are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate at the autumnal equinox: a gift with golden cloth and a cow covered with linen (kṣauma).