Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियैः क्षत्रधर्मज्ञैर्वैश्यैर्दानपरायणैः । सह शूद्रैः समायातस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे गजो नृपः

Transliteration

kṣatriyaiḥ kṣatradharmajñairvaiśyairdānaparāyaṇaiḥ | saha śūdraiḥ samāyātastasmiṃstīrthe gajo nṛpaḥ

Translation

Zusammen mit Kṣatriyas, die die Pflichten der Herrschaft kannten, mit Vaiśyas, die dem Spenden ergeben waren, und auch mit Śūdras kam König Gaja zu jenem Tīrtha.

Word by Word

• kṣatriyaiḥ: with Kṣatriyas
• kṣatriyaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kṣatradharmajñaiḥ: knowers of kṣatriya-duty
• kṣatradharmajñaiḥ: Sahakari (Qualifier of accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (kṣatriyaiḥ); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षत्रधर्मस्य ज्ञाः)

• vaiśyaiḥ: with Vaiśyas
• vaiśyaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• dānaparāyaṇaiḥ: devoted to giving
• dānaparāyaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Qualifier of accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (vaiśyaiḥ); तत्पुरुष (दान-परायण = दाने परायणाः)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahartha (With/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable)

• śūdraiḥ: with Śūdras
• śūdraiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• samāyātaḥ: having come together; arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) + yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• gajaḥ: Gaja (name)
• gajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to gajaḥ

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal procession led by King Gaja arrives at a sacred ford/kshetra: kṣatriya guards with banners, vaiśya donors carrying gift baskets, śūdra attendants with supplies; in the background a tīrtha landscape with shrine and waterbody, pilgrims assembling in reverent order.

Characters & Entities

• Gaja (King)
• Kṣatriyas
• Vaiśyas
• Śūdras
• Tīrtha (Vastrāpatha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā unites society in dharma: each group contributes through its proper virtues—duty, charity, and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

That tīrtha in the Vastrāpatha context of Prabhāsa (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/assembly at the tīrtha, highlighting dāna (charity) and dharma-aligned participation.