Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं च ददौ तेषु दानानि विविधानि तु । तथाऽधः स्थाप यामास सरस्वत्यब्धिसंगमे

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ ca dadau teṣu dānāni vividhāni tu | tathā'dhaḥ sthāpa yāmāsa sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame

Translation

An jedem dieser Tīrthas gab er mannigfache Gaben. Ebenso schritt er am Zusammenfluss der Sarasvatī mit dem Ozean dazu, dort eine heilige Einsetzung zu vollziehen.

Word by Word

• pratyekam: each/individually
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative), 'प्रति-एकम्' = प्रत्येकम्

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

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• teṣu: in/at those (places)
• teṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dānāni: gifts/charities
• dānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• vividhāni: various
• vividhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (dānāni-विशेषण)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• adhaḥ: below/downwards
• adhaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• sthāpayāmāsa: caused to be placed/installed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthāpaya (णिजन्त-धातु from √sthā)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिजन्त)

• sarasvatī-abdhi-saṃgame: at the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean
• sarasvatī-abdhi-saṃgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + abdhi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सarasvatyāḥ abdheḥ saṃgamaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (Unspecified Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī–Abdhi Saṅgama (Prabhāsa) and associated Prābhāsa tīrthas

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At each tīrtha the pilgrim distributes gifts to brāhmaṇas and the needy; finally at the Sarasvatī–ocean confluence he oversees a sacred installation—setting a linga/marker/pillar or establishing a shrine element—amid priests and ritual fire.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī–Ocean Saṅgama
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage matures through generosity; dāna offered at tīrthas strengthens the purificatory fruit of yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī–ocean confluence (sarasvaty-abdhi-saṅgama) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing dāna at each tīrtha and undertaking a sacred establishment/installation at the saṅgama.