Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तेभ्यो दद्याद्यथाशक्त्या काञ्चनं वसनानि च । एवं कृते भवेद्यात्रा परिपूर्णा सुरेश्वरि

Transliteration

tebhyo dadyādyathāśaktyā kāñcanaṃ vasanāni ca | evaṃ kṛte bhavedyātrā paripūrṇā sureśvari

Translation

Ihnen soll man nach Kräften Gold und Gewänder geben. Ist dies getan, o Herrin der Götter, wird die Pilgerfahrt vollkommen.

Word by Word

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; सम्प्रदान (to them)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथाशक्त्या: according to one’s ability
• यथाशक्त्या: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-शक्ति (अव्ययीभाव-समास; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; समासः अव्ययीभाव (यथाशक्ति = according to ability)

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• वसनानि: garments
• वसनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (manner adverb)

• कृते: when (it is) done
• कृते: Adhikarana (Condition/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (√कृ; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); लोके सप्तमी (when this is done)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यात्रा: pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• परिपूर्णा: fully complete
• परिपूर्णा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (fully complete)

• सुरेश्वरि: O goddess of the gods
• सुरेश्वरि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर-ईश्वरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सुराणाम् ईश्वरी)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (continued from 173.1)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sureśvarī/Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa after worship, respectfully offering folded garments and a small gold coin to a seated brāhmaṇa/ācārya near a shrine precinct; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest the coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvarī (address to Devī)
• Brāhmaṇas (implied)
• Dāna (gold, garments)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A yātrā is considered truly fulfilled when devotion is joined to compassionate giving in proportion to one’s means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (the ongoing pilgrimage circuit described in adhyāya 173).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of gold and garments to Brahmins, according to one’s capacity, as the completion-rite of the pilgrimage.