Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

तिला हिरण्यं वस्त्राणि तत्र देयं मनीषिणे । सर्वकिल्विषनाशार्थं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुना

Transliteration

tilā hiraṇyaṃ vastrāṇi tatra deyaṃ manīṣiṇe | sarvakilviṣanāśārthaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsunā

Translation

One who seeks the true fruit of pilgrimage should give there sesame seeds, gold, and garments to a worthy wise recipient, so that all sins may be destroyed.

Word by Word

• tilāḥ: sesame seeds
• tilāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन (nominative pl)

• hiraṇyam: gold
• hiraṇyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hiraṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• vastrāṇi: clothes/garments
• vastrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन (neuter nom/acc pl)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: ‘there’)

• deyam: to be given
• deyam: Vidhi (Injunction predicate/विधि)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) + yat (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/विधेय (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘देयम्’ = ‘to be given’

• manīṣiṇe: to a wise person
• manīṣiṇe: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन (dative sg)

• sarva-kilviṣa-nāśa-artham: for the destruction of all sins
• sarva-kilviṣa-nāśa-artham: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + kilviṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी/उद्देश्य-भावः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘-अर्थम्’ = ‘for the purpose of’

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: properly)

• yātrā-phala-ipsunā: by one desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrā-phala-ipsunā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + √āp/√īps (धातु) + śatṛ/śānac? (इच्छार्थक-प्रातिपदिक ‘ipsu’)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; ‘यात्राफल’ (journey’s fruit) + ‘इप्सु’ (desirous); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (instrumental sg: ‘by one desiring…’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (Caṇḍeśvara vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers sesame, gold, and folded cloth to a serene wise recipient near the shrine; the act is framed as the ‘true fruit’ of yātrā, with blessings and light around the giver.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Tilāḥ
• Hiraṇya
• Vastra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by dharma: generosity to worthy recipients transforms travel into spiritually efficacious yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where dāna is recommended as part of the pilgrimage discipline.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dāna of tilā (sesame), hiraṇya (gold), and vastra (clothing) to a worthy wise person to secure yātrā-phala and remove sins.