Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यस्तत्रोपानहौ दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय यतव्रतः । स यानवरमारूढो विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yastatropānahau dadyādbrāhmaṇāya yatavrataḥ | sa yānavaramārūḍho viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

Wer dort, selbstbeherrscht und den Gelübden treu, einem Brāhmaṇa ein Paar Sandalen schenkt—der wird in Viṣṇus Welt geehrt, als wäre er auf ein prächtiges Gefährt gestiegen.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• उपानहौ: a pair of sandals
• उपानहौ: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; ‘उपानहौ’ = pair of sandals/shoes

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• यतव्रतः: of restrained vows
• यतव्रतः: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यतस्य व्रतम्) = restrained in vows; विशेषणं (यः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यानवरम्: an excellent vehicle
• यानवरम्: Karma (object of participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरं यानम्)

• आरूढः: having mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (subject state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having mounted’

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (continuing the gāthā; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (dāna-sthāna within the circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The same interlocutor in the Prabhāsa-mahātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observant pilgrim offers a new pair of sandals to a brāhmaṇa at Prabhāsa; in a visionary overlay, the donor is shown honored in Viṣṇuloka, seated on or mounted upon a splendid celestial vehicle.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by charity; humble gifts offered with discipline become causes for divine honor and higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘there’ refers to Puṣkara/Viṣṇupada tīrtha context described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: gifting a pair of sandals (upānahau) to a brāhmaṇa, performed with vow-discipline (yata-vrata).