Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्रैव चाश्वो दातव्यः सकोषं खड्गमेव च । हिरण्यं चैव विप्राय एवं यात्राफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatraiva cāśvo dātavyaḥ sakoṣaṃ khaḍgameva ca | hiraṇyaṃ caiva viprāya evaṃ yātrāphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Dort selbst soll man ein Pferd schenken, ebenso ein Schwert mit Scheide, und einem Brāhmaṇa Gold geben—so erlangt man die Frucht der Pilgerfahrt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देश-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

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

• अश्वः: a horse
• अश्वः: Karta (to-be-given item as subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दातव्यः: should be given
• दातव्यः: Vidhi/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः (gerundive/ought to be given)

• सकोषम्: with a sheath/scabbard
• सकोषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकोष (प्रातिपदिक; स + कोष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कोषेण सह)

• खड्गम्: a sword
• खड्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

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

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• विप्राय: to a Brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus; in this way
• एवम्: Adverbial (प्रकार-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• यात्राफलम्: the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्राफलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्राफल (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain; may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना-आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Citrāditya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (Mahādevī) addressed in adjacent verses/sectional style

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers gifts—horse, sheathed sword, and gold—to a seated brāhmaṇa near a shrine precinct; attendants hold ritual vessels; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest the coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed and sanctified through dāna—sharing wealth in a dharmic manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction applies within the Prabhāsakṣetra pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: gifting a horse, a sword with scabbard, and gold to a brāhmaṇa to secure yātrā-phala.