Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
ईदृशं न गयातीर्थं यादृगेतत्प्रकाशते
Transliteration
īdṛśaṃ na gayātīrthaṃ yādṛgetatprakāśate
Translation
এই ক্ষেত্র যেমনভাবে দীপ্ত, গয়া-তীর্থও তেমন দীপ্ত বলে দেখা যায় না।
Word by Word
ईदृशम्such (like this)
ईदृशम्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
नnot
न:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)
गयातीर्थम्the Gayā pilgrimage-place
गयातीर्थम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगया + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc. 1st/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (गयायाः तीर्थम्)
यादृक्as (of the kind that)
यादृक्:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयादृश् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम-प्रकृति (relative adjective)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
प्रकाशतेshines forth / appears
प्रकाशते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootकाश् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Nārada (deduced from the ongoing comparative eulogy of sacred places)
Characters & Entities
G
Gayā-tīrthaFAQs
The verse teaches reverence for the supreme sanctity of the praised kṣetra, presenting it as exceptionally luminous in spiritual potency.
Gayā-tīrtha is mentioned as a benchmark of sanctity, yet the implied subject (Dvārakā in this chapter) is said to surpass it in splendor.
None explicitly; Gayā is traditionally associated with piṇḍa-dāna for ancestors, but that rite is not stated in this line.