Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 51

Devanagari script

तत्पौषमासि यो दद्यात्पौर्णमास्यां विमत्सरः । गुडकुम्भसमायुक्तमग्निष्टोमफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatpauṣamāsi yo dadyātpaurṇamāsyāṃ vimatsaraḥ | guḍakumbhasamāyuktamagniṣṭomaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Wer frei von Neid am Vollmondtag des Monats Pauṣa einen Topf, gefüllt mit Jaggery (Gur), spendet, erlangt den Verdienst, der der Frucht des Agniṣṭoma-Opfers gleichkommt.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (gift/act)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular)

• पौषमासि: in the month of Pauṣa
• पौषमासि: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौषमास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• विमत्सरः: free from envy
• विमत्सरः: Karta (Subject-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि+मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (of यः)

• गुडकुम्भसमायुक्तम्: accompanied by a pot of jaggery
• गुडकुम्भसमायुक्तम्: Karma (Object-Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक) + कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक) + समायुक्त (सम्+आ+युज्, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (of अग्निष्टोमफलं/तत् implied); समासः: गुडकुम्भेन समायुक्तम् (instrumental-tatpurusha)

• अग्निष्टोमफलम्: the fruit of the Agniṣṭoma sacrifice
• अग्निष्टोमफलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (accusative singular); समासः: अग्निष्टोमस्य फलम् (genitive-tatpurusha)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a moonlit full-moon night, a pilgrim offers a large earthen pot brimming with jaggery to a seated brāhmaṇa near a temple courtyard; the ocean breeze and lamps flicker, suggesting Prabhāsa’s coastal sanctity.

Characters & Entities

• Pauṣa
• Paurṇamāsī
• Agniṣṭoma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless charity performed without envy is exalted as equal in merit to major Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, praising dharma practiced in the sacred field of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Pauṣa full moon (Paurṇamāsī), donate a jaggery-filled pot (guḍa-kumbha) with a pure, non-envious mind.