Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 163

Devanagari script

गोशतस्य प्रदत्तस्य कुरुक्षेत्रे च यत्फलम् । तत्फलं समवाप्नोति तत्रार्कस्थलदर्शनात्

Transliteration

gośatasya pradattasya kurukṣetre ca yatphalam | tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti tatrārkasthaladarśanāt

Translation

Das Verdienst, das man durch die Gabe von hundert Kühen in Kurukṣetra erlangt—ebendieses Verdienst gewinnt man dort schon durch das bloße Schauen (Darśana) von Arkasthala.

Word by Word

• गोशतस्य: of (a gift of) a hundred cows
• गोशतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; समासः—शतं गावः (द्विगु) = गोशतम्; तस्य (genitive)

• प्रदत्तस्य: given
• प्रदत्तस्य: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रदत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; प्र + √दा)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• कुरुक्षेत्रे: in Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; समासः—कुरूणां क्षेत्रम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समवाप्नोति: fully attains
• समवाप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त धातु

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• अर्कस्थलदर्शनात्: because of seeing Arka-sthala
• अर्कस्थलदर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्कस्थल + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; समासः—अर्कस्थलस्य दर्शनम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); हेतौ (ablative of cause)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arkasthala

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee arrives at Arkasthala and beholds the Sūrya-sannidhi; in a symbolic vignette, the merit of gifting a hundred cows at Kurukṣetra is visually echoed—cows and a distant Kurukṣetra field appear as a faint, divine comparison.

Characters & Entities

• Arkasthala
• Kurukṣetra
• Go-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-darśana at a highly sanctified place can bestow merit equal to great acts of charity performed at renowned pilgrimage centers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Arkasthala in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is mandated here; the emphasis is on darśana (sacred viewing) of Arkasthala as a merit-bestowing act.