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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

दद्यात्पिण्डं पितृभ्यो यस्तस्यांतो नैव विद्यते । गोदानं तत्र देयं तु ब्राह्मणे वेदपारगे । श्रोतव्यं चैव माहात्म्यं द्रष्टव्यो जालकेश्वरः

Transliteration

dadyātpiṇḍaṃ pitṛbhyo yastasyāṃto naiva vidyate | godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu brāhmaṇe vedapārage | śrotavyaṃ caiva māhātmyaṃ draṣṭavyo jālakeśvaraḥ

Translation

Wer dort den Ahnen piṇḍa-Darbringungen darbringt, erlangt Verdienst ohne Ende. Dort soll man auch die Gabe einer Kuh (go-dāna) einem in den Veden bewanderten Brāhmaṇa schenken. Man soll die heilige Größe des Ortes vernehmen und Jālakeśvara im Darśana schauen.

Word by Word
दद्यात्should offer
दद्यात्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should give’
पिण्डम्piṇḍa offering (rice-ball)
पिण्डम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; Accusative singular
पितृभ्यःto the ancestors
पितृभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, बहुवचन; Dative plural
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; relative pronoun
तस्यof him
तस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular
अन्तःend
अन्तः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular
नnot
न:
Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय; negation
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय
विद्यतेexists
विद्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√विद् (धातु) (सत्तायाम्)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘exists/is found’
गोदानम्gift of a cow
गोदानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गोः दानम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय
देयम्should be given
देयम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Root√दा (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
Formभाव्य/अनुशासनार्थक कृदन्त (यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be given’
तुindeed/and
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअन्वय-अव्यय
ब्राह्मणेto a brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणे:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; Locative singular ‘in/for a brāhmaṇa’ (contextually recipient)
वेदपारगेversed in the Veda
वेदपारगे:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद (प्रातिपदिक) + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘वेदस्य पारगः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) qualifying ब्राह्मणे
श्रोतव्यम्should be listened to
श्रोतव्यम्:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Root√श्रु (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be heard’
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय
एवindeed
एव:
Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय
माहात्म्यम्the sacred greatness (māhātmya)
माहात्म्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमाहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
द्रष्टव्यःshould be seen
द्रष्टव्यः:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeAdjective
Root√दृश् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
Formतव्यत्-प्रत्यय (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be seen’
जालकेश्वरःJālakeśvara (Lord of Jālaka)
जालकेश्वरः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजालक (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘जालकस्य ईश्वरः’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate narrative continuity into 339 where Īśvara speaks)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jālakeśvara (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra) and Devikā-tīrtha environs

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim couple at a riverbank altar offering piṇḍas (rice-balls) with kuśa grass; nearby a decorated cow is gifted to a serene Veda-knowing brāhmaṇa; in the background stands the Jālakeśvara liṅga shrine with water motifs; a reciter reads the māhātmya to gathered listeners.

Characters & Entities
P
Pitṛs
B
Brāhmaṇa
J
Jālakeśvara

FAQs

At Prabhāsa, ancestral rites, charity, and Śiva-darśana together yield inexhaustible merit and spiritual uplift.

Prabhāsakṣetra, specifically emphasizing darśana of Jālakeśvara.

Offering piṇḍa to the Pitṛs, performing go-dāna to a Veda-proficient brāhmaṇa, listening to the māhātmya, and taking darśana of Jālakeśvara.

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