Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

हिरण्यं तत्र दातव्यं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

Wer die volle Frucht der Pilgerfahrt begehrt, soll dort Gold als Gabe der Wohltätigkeit spenden.

Word by Word

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable; adverb of place)

• दातव्यम्: should be given
• दातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्य (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/passive necessity); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेयभावः—‘देयम्/दातव्यम्’ (to be given/should be given)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable; adverb)

• यात्रा-फल-एप्सुभिः: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्रा-फल-एप्सुभिः: Karana/Agent-instrument (By whom/with whom)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + एप्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yātrā-phala-epṣu = ‘desirous of the fruit of pilgrimage’); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

Speaker

Śiva (inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yātrā completion)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, having completed worship, offers a small gold piece to a seated brāhmaṇa/ācārya near the shrine; the act is calm, discreet, and framed as the ‘seal’ of the journey’s fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by generosity; dāna seals the merit of sacred travel.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where giving is recommended to perfect the yātrā.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hiraṇya-dāna (donation of gold) for those seeking the complete merit of pilgrimage.