Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

कलौ दानानि दीयन्ते ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथाविधि । प्रभासं क्षेत्रमासाद्य तपसां प्राप्यते फलम्

Transliteration

kalau dānāni dīyante brāhmaṇebhyo yathāvidhi | prabhāsaṃ kṣetramāsādya tapasāṃ prāpyate phalam

Translation

Im Kali-Yuga sollen Gaben den Brāhmaṇas nach rechter Vorschrift dargebracht werden; und wer das heilige Kṣetra von Prabhāsa erreicht, erlangt die Frucht der Askesen (tapas).

Word by Word

• कलौ: in Kali (age)
• कलौ: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• दानानि: gifts, charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• दीयन्ते: are given
• दीयन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• यथाविधि: according to rule, duly
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb)

• प्रभासम्: Prabhāsa (place)
• प्रभासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• क्षेत्रम्: the sacred field/place
• क्षेत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having reached, having approached
• आसाद्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव

• तपसाम्: of austerities
• तपसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Kali-yuga householder arrives at Prabhāsa, offers regulated gifts to brāhmaṇas near the shrine/ghāṭa; a subtle aura indicates ‘tapas-phala’ being conferred by the kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Kali Yuga
• Brāhmaṇas
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra
• Dāna
• Tapas-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kali Yuga dharma emphasizes properly performed dāna; Prabhāsa magnifies spiritual effort so that tapas-like merit is attained through tīrtha-contact.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa kṣetra (Prabhāsa tīrtha).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving charity to brāhmaṇas according to śāstric procedure (yathāvidhi dāna).