Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

हिरण्यं तत्र दातव्यं ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । कोटिहोमफलं तस्य सम्यग्यात्राफलं भवेत्

Transliteration

hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ brāhmaṇe vedapārage | koṭihomaphalaṃ tasya samyagyātrāphalaṃ bhavet

Translation

Dort soll man einem in den Veden bewanderten Brāhmaṇa Gold schenken; dessen Frucht ist der von zehn Millionen Homas gleich und bildet den vollen Lohn der Pilgerfahrt.

Word by Word

• hiraṇyam: gold
• hiraṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• dātavyam: to be given/should be given
• dātavyam: Kriyā (Obligation predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) → dātavya (तव्यत्-कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्तः (gerundive/obligatory)

• brāhmaṇe: to a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇe: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (Dative/4th), एकवचनम्

• veda-pārage: versed in the Vedas
• veda-pārage: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + pāra-ga (प्रातिपदिक; √gam)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (brāhmaṇe इति)

• koṭi-homa-phalam: the fruit of a crore of homas
• koṭi-homa-phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + homa (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• tasya: of that/for him
• tasya: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• samyak-yātrā-phalam: the fruit of a proper pilgrimage
• samyak-yātrā-phalam: Kriyā (Predicative complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samyak (अव्यय) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• bhavet: would be/is said to be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (Optative), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara) (contextual attribution within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭīśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers a small pouch of gold (or gold coin) respectfully to a serene Veda-knowing Brāhmaṇa near the shrine; the temple and pilgrims in the background indicate yātrā completion.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Veda

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by dharmic giving (dāna) offered to worthy recipients, transforming travel into sacred merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction applies to the sacred setting of Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Koṭīśvara-related context of Adhyāya 104.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give gold (hiraṇya-dāna) to a Veda-master Brāhmaṇa; this is said to yield koṭi-homa merit and completes the pilgrimage fruit.