Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मंत्रेणानेन विप्रेंद्रा दद्यादर्घ्यं विधानतः । ब्राह्मणैः सह संगत्य सदा तत्तीर्थवासिभिः

Transliteration

maṃtreṇānena vipreṃdrā dadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ | brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃgatya sadā tattīrthavāsibhiḥ

Translation

O best of brāhmaṇas, with this very mantra one should offer arghya in the prescribed manner—always in the company of brāhmaṇas and those who dwell at that sacred tīrtha.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रेण: with (this) mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (this)

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O lords among brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन; ‘विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः’

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (Vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधानतः: as prescribed
• विधानतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: according to rule)

• ब्राह्मणैः: with brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition-like: with)

• संगत्य: having assembled
• संगत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+गम् (धातु) → संगत्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund): ‘having met/assembled’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• तत्: those
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (those)

• तीर्थवासिभिः: with the residents of that holy place
• तीर्थवासिभिः: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थे वासिनः’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha (Gomatī/sea rites)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (addressed: ‘O best of brāhmaṇas’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of pilgrims stands with local brāhmaṇas at a ghāṭ; one recites the mantra while offering ārghya, others join with folded hands; the river and sea shimmer behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tīrtha (Gomatī–Samudra context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-worship should be done with scriptural discipline and in holy company, not as a solitary or casual act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā region’s tīrtha tradition, especially the Gomatī-related sacred setting described in this Adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya with a specific mantra, following proper vidhi, ideally alongside brāhmaṇas and resident pilgrims/keepers of the tīrtha.