Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ऊर्णाप्रावरणं योऽपि भक्त्या दद्याद्द्विजोत्तमे । सोऽपि याति परां सिद्धिं मर्त्यैरन्यैः सुदुर्लभाम्

Transliteration

ūrṇāprāvaraṇaṃ yo'pi bhaktyā dadyāddvijottame | so'pi yāti parāṃ siddhiṃ martyairanyaiḥ sudurlabhām

Translation

Wer in Hingabe einem vortrefflichen Brāhmaṇa eine wollene Decke schenkt—auch er erlangt die höchste Vollendung, die anderen Sterblichen äußerst schwer zugänglich ist.

Word by Word

• ūrṇā-prāvaraṇaṃ: a woolen covering/blanket
• ūrṇā-prāvaraṇaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ūrṇā (प्रातिपदिक) + prāvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ऊर्णायाः प्रावरणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘even/also’)

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Instrumental, Singular)

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘दद्याद्’ (sandhi form)

• dvija-uttame: in/for a best brāhmaṇa (to a noble twice-born)
• dvija-uttame: Adhikaraṇa (Recipient-context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (उत्तमः द्विजः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); अर्थतः ‘द्विजोत्तमे (ब्राह्मणे)’ = ‘श्रेष्ठे ब्राह्मणे’

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘also’)

• yāti: he goes; he attains
• yāti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• parāṃ: supreme
• parāṃ: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘siddhim’)

• siddhiṃ: attainment; perfection
• siddhiṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: siddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• martyaiḥ: by mortals; among humans
• martyaiḥ: Karaṇa/Hetu (By/among; comparison-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: martya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• anyaiḥ: other
• anyaiḥ: Karaṇa (Qualifier/करण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘martyaiḥ’)

• su-durlabhām: very difficult to obtain
• su-durlabhām: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + durlabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सुदुर्लभ = अतिशयेन दुर्लभ), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘siddhim’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee wraps or offers a woollen shawl to an elderly brāhmaṇa; a subtle siddhi-symbol (lotus, radiant crown, or ascending light) indicates ‘paramā siddhi’.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity (bhakti-yukta dāna) at a holy place yields rare spiritual attainments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra in the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving a woollen covering/blanket to an exemplary brāhmaṇa, explicitly as a devotional act.