Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

प्रदद्यादुदकुम्भांश्च दध्योदनसमन्वितान् । गाश्च वासांसि रत्नानि विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति

Transliteration

pradadyādudakumbhāṃśca dadhyodanasamanvitān | gāśca vāsāṃsi ratnāni viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti

Translation

দধি-অন্নসহ জলকুম্ভ দান করা উচিত; তদুপরি গাভী, বস্ত্র ও রত্ন দান করে এই প্রার্থনা করা—‘বিষ্ণু আমার প্রতি প্রসন্ন হোন’।

Word by Word

• pradadyāt: should give
• pradadyāt: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; धातु: दा (दाने) उपसर्ग: प्र

• udakumbhān: water-pots
• udakumbhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: uda + kumbha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; समास: उद-कुम्भ (उदकस्य कुम्भः)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• dadhyodanasamanvitān: accompanied with curd and rice
• dadhyodanasamanvitān: Karma (Qualifier of object/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dadhi + odana + samanvita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; समास: दधि-ओदन-समन्वित (दध्योदनेन समन्विताः) विशेषणम् (उदकुम्भान्)

• gāḥ: cows
• gāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vāsāṃsi: garments
• vāsāṃsi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• ratnāni: jewels
• ratnāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; सर्वनाम (enclitic)

• prīyatām: may (he) be pleased
• prīyatām: Kriya (Benediction/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: prī (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive usage), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: प्री (तोषणे)

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Varuṇapada / Dvārakā tīrtha context

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents water-pots and offerings of curd-rice; cows stand adorned; folded hands utter ‘Viṣṇuḥ me prīyatām’; the setting hints at Dvārakā’s sacred precinct with banners and conch motifs.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes spiritually potent when offered with devotion and a clear dedication to Viṣṇu.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the chapter’s Varuṇapada tīrtha context at Dvārakā, where rites and gifts are recommended.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of water-pots with dadhyodana (curd-rice), along with cows, garments, and jewels, dedicated with the prayer ‘Viṣṇur me prīyatām’.