Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

देवतानां गुरूणां च मातापित्रोश्च कामतः । पुण्यदः समवाप्नोति तदेवाष्टगुणं फलम्

Transliteration

devatānāṃ gurūṇāṃ ca mātāpitrośca kāmataḥ | puṇyadaḥ samavāpnoti tadevāṣṭaguṇaṃ phalam

Translation

Wer aus freiem Willen Verdienst darbringt zu Ehren der Devas, der Lehrer sowie der Mutter und des Vaters, erlangt eben diese Frucht achtfach vermehrt.

Word by Word

• devatānām: of the deities
• devatānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive Plural

• gurūṇām: of the teachers
• gurūṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन — Genitive Plural

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• mātāpitroḥ: of mother and father
• mātāpitroḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mātṛ + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्वसमास; उभयलिङ्ग-समाहार, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), द्विवचन — Genitive Dual

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kāmataḥ: as desired; at will
• kāmataḥ: Hetu/Prayojana (Cause/Purpose/हेतु-प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तसिलन्त-अव्यय (adverbial ablatival form) — ‘from/according to desire’

• puṇyadaḥ: the giver of merit
• puṇyadaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: puṇya + da (प्रातिपदिक; द-प्रत्यय/कृदन्त-आधारित विशेषण)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative Singular (qualifying implied agent)

• samavāpnoti: attains; obtains
• samavāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava√āp (धातु) उपसर्ग: sam-ava-
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Present Indicative 3rd sg

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

• eva: indeed; only
• eva: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (particle of emphasis)

• aṣṭaguṇam: eightfold
• aṣṭaguṇam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aṣṭa + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (संख्यापूर्वपद); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular (qualifying phalam)

• phalam: fruit; result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative Singular

Speaker

Skanda (as narrator of Prabhāsa-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor at Prabhāsa offers gifts with folded hands: first to a deity’s shrine, then to a seated guru, then to parents; an unseen ‘eightfold’ radiance motif suggests multiplied merit.

Characters & Entities

• Devatā
• Guru
• Mātā
• Pitṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dedication of one’s charity and worship to devas, gurus, and parents greatly amplifies spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The merit-doctrine is taught within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra tīrtha context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer dāna/puṇya with intentional dedication (saṅkalpa) toward devas, gurus, and parents.