Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवं शप्त्वा तदा विप्रावन्यस्मै गां प्रदाय तौ । क्षुधितौ खेदसंयुक्तौ स्वगृहं गन्तुमुद्यतौ

Transliteration

evaṃ śaptvā tadā viprāvanyasmai gāṃ pradāya tau | kṣudhitau khedasaṃyuktau svagṛhaṃ gantumudyatau

Translation

Nachdem sie ihn so verflucht hatten, gaben die beiden Brāhmaṇen die Kuh einem anderen Empfänger. Hungrig und erschöpft machten sie sich auf den Weg in ihr eigenes Haus.

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• śaptvā: having cursed
• śaptvā: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having cursed’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• viprau: the two brāhmaṇas
• viprau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• anyasmai: to another (person)
• anyasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोग

• gām: a cow
• gām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pradāya: having given
• pradāya: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• kṣudhitau: hungry
• kṣudhitau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudhita (प्रातिपदिक; √kṣudh + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participial adjective)

• khedasaṃyuktau: afflicted with weariness
• khedasaṃyuktau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kheda (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (प्रातिपदिक; sam√yuj + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (kheda-samyukta = ‘joined with fatigue’)

• svagṛham: to (their) own house
• svagṛham: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-gṛha = ‘own house’)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ ‘to go’

• udyatau: ready/intending
• udyatau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udyata (प्रातिपदिक; ud√yam + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘ready/intent’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in the Dvārakā Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After cursing, the two brāhmaṇas hand over a cow to another recipient; they look tired and hungry, then begin their journey home, walking away from Dvārakā’s palace with the sea breeze behind them.

Characters & Entities

• two brāhmaṇas
• cow (dāna context)
• Nṛga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna must be handled with clarity and justice; unresolved disputes around gifts can become causes of sin and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the sacred narrative frame in which this dharma-episode is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (gift of a cow) appears as the relevant charitable act, central to the dispute’s aftermath.