Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 147

Devanagari script

यस्माद्भवतां सावित्र्या शापो दत्तो सदे त्विह । अत्र दत्तं हुतं चापि सर्वमक्षयकारकम् । दत्तो वरो मया तेन युष्माकं द्विजसत्तमाः

Transliteration

yasmādbhavatāṃ sāvitryā śāpo datto sade tviha | atra dattaṃ hutaṃ cāpi sarvamakṣayakārakam | datto varo mayā tena yuṣmākaṃ dvijasattamāḥ

Translation

„Da Sāvitrī hier über euch einen Fluch verhängt hat, wird alles, was man hier als Gabe spendet, und alles, was man hier ins Feuer opfert, von unerschöpflicher Frucht. Darum habe ich euch diesen Segen gewährt, o Beste der Zweimalgeborenen.“

Word by Word

• yasmāt: because of which / since
• yasmāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavatām: of you (honorific)
• bhavatām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; आदरार्थे सर्वनाम-प्रयोग

• sāvitryā: by Sāvitrī
• sāvitryā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• śāpaḥ: a curse
• śāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• dattaḥ: was given
• dattaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु) → datta (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘was given’

• sade: always / indeed
• sade: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-रूप (adverb) — ‘always/indeed’ (पाठभेदे ‘सदा’)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक निपात

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• atra: in this place
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• dattam: a gift / what is given
• dattam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु) → datta (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that which is given’

• hutam: an oblation / what is offered
• hutam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √hu (हु, धातु) → huta (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that which is offered (in fire)’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• akṣaya-kārakam: causing imperishability (undiminishing merit)
• akṣaya-kārakam: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक) + kāraka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (अक्षयं करोति इति)

• dattaḥ: was given
• dattaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा, धातु) → datta (कृदन्त/ppp)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/PPP) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘was given’

• varaḥ: a boon
• varaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• tena: therefore / by that (reason)
• tena: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• yuṣmākam: for you / of you
• yuṣmākam: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• dvija-sattamāḥ: O best of the twice-born
• dvija-sattamāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (द्विजेषु सत्तमाः)

Speaker

Gāyatrī (personified Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a Prabhāsa altar, dvija-sattamas perform homa; nearby, pilgrims give dāna. Above, Sāvitrī’s presence is hinted as a radiant figure, while a boon-bestowing deity gestures, signifying that offerings here become inexhaustible.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī/Gāyatrī
• Dvija(s)
• Homa
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A sacred place can transform acts of giving and offering into inexhaustible merit when sanctioned by divine decree.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra—where dāna and homa are declared akṣaya (imperishable in result).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna (charity) and homa (fire-offerings) in this kṣetra for akṣaya-puṇya.