Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 103

Devanagari script

वज्रेश्वरं तु संपूज्य ब्राह्मणांस्तत्र भोजयेत् । यादवस्थलसामीप्ये गोसहस्रफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

vajreśvaraṃ tu saṃpūjya brāhmaṇāṃstatra bhojayet | yādavasthalasāmīpye gosahasraphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Nachdem man Vajreśvara gebührend verehrt hat, soll man dort Brahmanen speisen. In der Nähe von Yādavasthala erlangt man Verdienst, das dem Geschenk von tausend Kühen gleichkommt.

Word by Word

• वज्रेश्वरम्: Vajreśvara (name of Śiva)
• वज्रेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वज्रेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—वज्रस्य ईश्वरः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vajra+īśvara)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपातः/समुच्चय-व्यतिरेकसूचकः (particle: but/indeed)

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); सम्-उपसर्गपूर्वकः; ‘having worshipped’

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ/विधिलिङ्गसदृश निर्देश), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोगः (causative): ‘should cause to eat/feed’

• यादवस्थलसामीप्ये: in the vicinity of Yādavasthala
• यादवस्थलसामीप्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यादव-स्थल-सामीप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—यादवस्थलस्य सामीप्यम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (yādavasthala+sāmīpya)

• गोसहस्रफलम्: the fruit equal to (donating) a thousand cows
• गोसहस्रफलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-सहस्र-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—गोसहस्रस्य फलम् इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (go+sahasra+phala)

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

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vajreśvara at Yādavasthala (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship the Vajreśvara liṅga with flowers and water, then arrange a respectful brāhmaṇa-bhojana under a pavilion near Yādavasthala; plates of food, water pots, and calm gratitude dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Vajreśvara
• Brāhmaṇas
• Yādavasthala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (pūjā) becomes complete when joined with dharma—especially hospitality and feeding the worthy.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vajreśvara in the sacred vicinity of Yādavasthala within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Vajreśvara and perform brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding of Brāhmaṇas), yielding go-sahasra-level merit.