Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

दंपत्योर्वाससी चैव कंचुकोष्णीषमेव च । लक्ष्म्या सह जगन्नाथो विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति

Transliteration

daṃpatyorvāsasī caiva kaṃcukoṣṇīṣameva ca | lakṣmyā saha jagannātho viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti

Translation

Man soll auch Gewänder für ein Ehepaar geben, ebenso eine Tunika (kañcuka) und einen Turban (uṣṇīṣa), und sprechen: „Möge Viṣṇu, der Jagannātha, zusammen mit Lakṣmī, an mir Gefallen finden.“

Word by Word

• दंपत्योः: of the couple (husband and wife)
• दंपत्योः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक; दम्पति-द्वन्द्व/युगलवाचक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (युगलवाचक), षष्ठी (6th), द्विवचन; सम्बन्ध (of the couple)

• वाससी: two garments
• वाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, द्विवचन; वस्त्रयुगलम् (two garments)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (indeed/only)

• कंचुक-उष्णीषम्: a tunic and a turban
• कंचुक-उष्णीषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कञ्चुक (प्रातिपदिक) + उष्णीष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (कञ्चुकं च उष्णीषं च) समाहार-एकवचन; दानकर्मणि कर्म

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• लक्ष्म्या: with Lakshmi
• लक्ष्म्या: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारक)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; सह-योगे सहकारक

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक

• जगन्नाथः: Lord of the world
• जगन्नाथः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगन्नाथ (प्रातिपदिक; जगत् + नाथ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जगतः नाथः)

• विष्णुः: Vishnu
• विष्णुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; प्रीयताम् इत्यस्य कर्ता (जगन्नाथः विष्णुः—समनाधिकरण)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/आशीर्वादार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Discourse marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणसूचक

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (Gomatī-tīra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents folded garments—two sets for a couple, a tunic, and a turban—to brāhmaṇas or deserving recipients, while envisioning Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa blessing the act; Dvārakā’s temple spire and sea breeze animate the cloth.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Jagannātha
• Lakṣmī
• Dāna (garments)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expresses itself through compassionate giving—vastra-dāna offered with remembrance of Viṣṇu-Lakṣmī is praised.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s tīrtha setting, where prescribed gifts accompany worship and ancestral rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate garments (including for a couple), a tunic, and a turban, with the formula “May Jagannātha Viṣṇu with Lakṣmī be pleased.”