Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90
Devanagari script
गोमहिष्यादि यद्दत्तं सुवर्णवसनानि च । वृषो भूमिग्रहो रूप्यं कन्यादानं तथैव च
Transliteration
gomahiṣyādi yaddattaṃ suvarṇavasanāni ca | vṛṣo bhūmigraho rūpyaṃ kanyādānaṃ tathaiva ca
Translation
Dádivas como vacas y búfalos, oro y vestiduras; un toro, la concesión de tierras, plata, y asimismo la entrega de una doncella en matrimonio—
Word by Word
गोमहिष्यादिcows, buffalo-cows, etc.
गोमहिष्यादि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootगो + महिषी + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘etc.’-ending compound; तत्पुरुष (गोमहिष्योः आदि)
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun
दत्तम्given
दत्तम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘given’
सुवर्णवसनानिgold and garments
सुवर्णवसनानि:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसुवर्ण + वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — द्वन्द्व (सुवर्णं च वसनानि च)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction
वृषःa bull
वृषः:
Karma (Item listed as gift)
TypeNoun
Rootवृष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular
भूमिग्रहःgranting/transfer of land
भूमिग्रहः:
Karma (Item listed as gift)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूमेः ग्रहः)
रूप्यम्silver
रूप्यम्:
Karma (Item listed as gift)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — silver
कन्यादानम्gift of a maiden (marriage-giving)
कन्यादानम्:
Karma (Item listed as gift)
TypeNoun
Rootकन्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कन्यायाः दानम्)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Sambandha (Manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formरीतिवाचक अव्यय — adverb
एवindeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक अव्यय — emphatic particle
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय — conjunction
Speaker
Unknown (continuation leading into the next verse’s conclusion)
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma esteems many forms of dāna—material, social, and ritual—as means of accruing merit, especially when linked to sacred contexts.
The verse lists gift-types; the tīrtha context is supplied by the surrounding Dvārakā Māhātmya passage.
Dāna of cows/buffaloes, gold, garments, a bull, land, silver, and kanyādāna (marriage-gift of a maiden), as meritorious offerings.