Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

हिरण्यं तत्र दातव्यं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः । चत्वारि तस्य नामानि कथ्यमानानि मे शृणु

Transliteration

hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ | catvāri tasya nāmāni kathyamānāni me śṛṇu

Translation

Wer dort die volle und rechte Frucht der Pilgerfahrt erlangen will, soll Gold als Gabe spenden. Nun höre von mir die vier Namen, mit denen diese Gottheit verkündet wird.

Word by Word

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन

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

• दातव्यम्: is to be given; should be donated
• दातव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय: तव्यत् (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (should be given)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्राफलेप्सुभिः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा + फल + इप्सु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन; इप्सु = इच्छुक (desirous)

• चत्वारि: four
• चत्वारि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक विशेषण

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• नामानि: names
• नामानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन

• कथ्यमानानि: being told; being narrated
• कथ्यमानानि: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त: शानच् (present passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), बहुवचन; नामानि इति विशेषण

• मे: to me / of me
• मे: Sambandha (Speaker-related/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन; एन्क्लिटिक रूप

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śiva (in dialogue with Devī/Umā, inferred from vocatives ‘devi’, ‘priye’ in adjacent verses)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a pilgrim offers a small gold gift with folded hands to a worthy recipient near the shrine; the narrator then begins to enumerate four sacred names of the local Śiva-liṅga, suggesting a didactic, story-telling moment.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by dharma—especially dāna—so that the yātrā yields its full spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hiraṇya-dāna (charitable gifting of gold) for pilgrims seeking the complete merit of the yātrā.