Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

यत्र त्वं तत्र दानानि व्रतानि नियमाश्च ये । ओंकारश्च वषट्कारः स्वाहाकारः स्वधा तथा

Transliteration

yatra tvaṃ tatra dānāni vratāni niyamāśca ye | oṃkāraśca vaṣaṭkāraḥ svāhākāraḥ svadhā tathā

Translation

Wo immer Du bist, dort sind auch Gaben, Gelübde und alle Zuchtregeln. Dort sind ebenso die Silbe Oṃ, der Ruf vaṣaṭ und die Opferformeln svāhā und svadhā.

Word by Word

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (correlative: there)

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• व्रतानि: vows
• व्रतानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• नियमाः: observances
• नियमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• ये: which
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• ओंकारः: the syllable Oṃ
• ओंकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• वषट्कारः: the exclamation ‘vaṣaṭ’
• वषट्कारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वषट्कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• स्वाहाकारः: the utterance ‘svāhā’
• स्वाहाकारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वाहा + कार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वाहायाः कारः/उच्चारणम्’

• स्वधा: (the utterance) ‘svadhā’
• स्वधा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वधा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

Speaker

Gopīs

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-kṣetra (Janārdana-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee-sage addresses Janārdana in Dvārakā, visualizing that wherever the Lord stands, Vedic utterances (Oṃ, vaṣaṭ, svāhā, svadhā) and the merits of dāna and vrata arise as if embodied around Him.

Characters & Entities

• Gopīs
• Kṛṣṇa
• Dāna
• Vrata
• Niyama
• Oṃkāra
• Vaṣaṭ
• Svāhā
• Svadhā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhagavān is the inner essence of ritual and dharma; devotion unifies charity, vows, and Vedic sacred utterances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā Māhātmya setting (Gopī-sara/Gopracāra tīrtha), where Kṛṣṇa’s presence is declared to embody all sacred acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It enumerates ritual elements—dāna, vrata, niyama, and Vedic exclamations (oṃ, vaṣaṭ, svāhā, svadhā)—as spiritually present wherever Kṛṣṇa is; no single step-by-step injunction is added here.