Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा गां कांचनं तेभ्यः शिवः प्रीतो भवत्विति । एवं कृत्वा नरो देवि कुलानां तारयेच्छतम्

Transliteration

dattvā gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ tebhyaḥ śivaḥ prīto bhavatviti | evaṃ kṛtvā naro devi kulānāṃ tārayecchatam

Translation

Nachdem man ihnen eine Kuh und Gold gegeben hat, (soll man beten:) „Möge Śiva zufrieden sein.“ So handelnd, o Devī, erhebt ein Mann hundert Generationen seines Geschlechts.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — 'having given'

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'a cow'

• कांचनम्: gold
• कांचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'gold'

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन — 'to them' (i.e., to the Brahmins)

• शिवः: Śiva
• शिवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'Śiva'

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (कृदन्त; √प्री (धातु))
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त — 'pleased'

• भवतु: may (he) be
• भवतु: Kriya (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'let (him) be'

• इति: thus
• इति: Avyaya (Quotative/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्तिसूचक अव्यय (quotative particle) — 'thus'

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Avyaya (Manner/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — 'thus/in this manner'

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — 'having done'

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'a man'

• देवि: O goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन — 'O goddess'

• कुलानाम्: of families
• कुलानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन — 'of families/lineages'

• तारयेत्: would save
• तारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तॄ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'would ferry across/save'

• शतम्: a hundred
• शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'a hundred' (object/measure)

Speaker

Śiva (explicitly addressing Devī: “devi”)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In a temple courtyard near the sea, a donor presents a decorated cow with garlands and a small gold offering to brāhmaṇas; hands raised in prayer to Śiva; ancestral figures faintly suggested as being uplifted.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Brāhmaṇas (implied from prior verse)
• go-dāna
• kāñcana (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha merit is strengthened by dāna offered in a Śiva-centered intention, benefiting not only the pilgrim but the family line.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (the prescriptions continue the Prabhāsa observance described in this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (gift of a cow) and kāñcana/hiraṇya-dāna (gift of gold), with a prayer for Śiva’s pleasure.