Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

वृषभस्तत्र दातव्यः सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः । एवं यः कुरुते यात्रां तस्य फलमनन्तकम्

Transliteration

vṛṣabhastatra dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ | evaṃ yaḥ kurute yātrāṃ tasya phalamanantakam

Translation

Wer die volle Frucht der Pilgerfahrt begehrt, soll dort in rechter Weise einen Stier (vṛṣabha) spenden. Wer die Yātrā so vollzieht, dessen Verdienst ist grenzenlos.

Word by Word

• वृषभः: a bull
• वृषभः: Karma (Object as mandated item/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine)

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

• दातव्यः: to be given (as a gift)
• दातव्यः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative qualifier/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दातव्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भाव्य/योग्यतार्थक-तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive: ‘to be given’); प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन, पुल्लिङ्ग; वृषभः इति विधेय-विशेषण

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Visheshana (Manner/विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘properly’)

• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: Kartr (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + इप्सु (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine); उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage’); करण/अधिकर्तृ-निर्देश

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Discourse adverb/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine pronoun)

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Pronoun)

• फलम्: the fruit (result)
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• अनन्तकम्: endless; infinite
• अनन्तकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); फलम् इति विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (within the Guptaprayāga-māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Guptaprayāga

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at the tīrtha present a decorated bull as dāna; priests perform sankalpa; the bull is garlanded, with a Śiva/Nandin resonance; the confluence and temple silhouettes appear in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Guptaprayāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by charity; dāna at a tīrtha is presented as a multiplier of yātrā merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Guptaprayāga, within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya of the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vṛṣabha-dāna—gifting a bull—as an offering connected to completing the pilgrimage’s full benefit.