Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

गयाश्राद्धसमं पुण्यं तेषां चंद्र भविष्यति । तथा दानं प्रकर्तव्यं सोम लोकैर्ग्रहे तव

Transliteration

gayāśrāddhasamaṃ puṇyaṃ teṣāṃ caṃdra bhaviṣyati | tathā dānaṃ prakartavyaṃ soma lokairgrahe tava

Translation

O Candra, das von ihnen erworbene Verdienst wird dem der berühmten Gayā-Śrāddha gleich sein. Ebenso soll die Gabe (Dāna) rechtmäßig dargebracht werden—besonders von den Bewohnern von Somas Welt—zur Zeit deiner Finsternis.

Word by Word

• गया-श्राद्ध-समम्: equal to the Gayā śrāddha
• गया-श्राद्ध-समम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गया (प्रातिपदिक) + श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (गयायां श्राद्धम् इव समम् = equal to the Gayā-śrāddha); ‘पुण्यम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• चन्द्र: O Moon
• चन्द्र: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Coordination/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निर्देश/समुच्चय (likewise/also)

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रकर्तव्यम्: should be done
• प्रकर्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be done)

• सोम: O Soma (Moon)
• सोम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लोकैः: by/with people (worlds)
• लोकैः: Karana (Means/Association/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गृहे: in (your) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa tīrtha (śrāddha locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (nṛpaśreṣṭha) and, within the quoted address, Candra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual assembly under a darkened sky during a lunar eclipse: devotees give dāna to brāhmaṇas; a moon disk partially shadowed above; offerings of sesame, water, and lamps near the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Gayā
• Gayāśrāddha
• Puṇya
• Dāna
• Candra
• Grahaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha can grant merit comparable to the most renowned ancestral rite-sites, and dāna during sacred times multiplies spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsatīrtha, whose rites are said to equal Gayā-śrāddha in merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Śrāddha-related acts are praised, and dāna (charity) is specifically recommended during the lunar eclipse.