Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

यस्यां सत्रं प्रपां कृत्वा प्रासादं मंचमेव च । यतीनां शरणं कृत्वा तीरे मंडपमेव च

Transliteration

yasyāṃ satraṃ prapāṃ kṛtvā prāsādaṃ maṃcameva ca | yatīnāṃ śaraṇaṃ kṛtvā tīre maṃḍapameva ca

Translation

In jener heiligen Stadt (Dvārakā), nachdem man ein satra (freie Speisung), eine prapā (Wasserspende), einen Schrein oder Saal und Ruhestätten errichtet hat; nachdem man den yati (Entsagenden) Zuflucht gewährt und zudem einen Pavillon am Ufer gebaut hat—

Word by Word

• यस्याम्: in which (place)
• यस्याम्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे (relative pronoun: in which [place])

• सत्रम्: a charitable feeding/almshouse
• सत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रपाम्: a water-shed/drinking place
• प्रपाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): कृत्वा = having done/made

• प्रासादम्: a temple/mansion
• प्रासादम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मञ्चम्: a platform/raised seat
• मञ्चम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

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

• यतीनाम्: of ascetics
• यतीनाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• शरणम्: refuge/shelter
• शरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): having made

• तीरे: on the bank/shore
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मण्डपम्: a pavilion
• मण्डपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

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

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ) and the broader audience of pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bustling Dvārakā shoreline with a newly built pavilion (maṇḍapa) facing the sea, a satra serving food to pilgrims, a prapā offering water, and yatis being respectfully welcomed into a sheltered hall.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā
• yatī (renunciants)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Service to pilgrims and renunciants through public-utility charities at a sacred place is praised as powerful dharma (pūrta).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, implied by the continuing context of the Dvārakā Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Building satra (free feeding), prapā (water station), maṇḍapa (pavilion), and providing shelter to yatīs—forms of pūrta-dharma.