Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

ऋषितोयासंगमे तु स्नानं श्राद्धं सुदुर्लभम् । गोप्रदानं प्रशंसंति तत्र ते मुनिपुगवाः । भोजनं ब्राह्मणानां तु यथाशक्त्या प्रदापयेत्

Transliteration

ṛṣitoyāsaṃgame tu snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ sudurlabham | gopradānaṃ praśaṃsaṃti tatra te munipugavāḥ | bhojanaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ tu yathāśaktyā pradāpayet

Translation

En la confluencia llamada Ṛṣitoya-saṅgama, el baño y la realización del śrāddha son de mérito y ocasión sumamente raros. Allí, los más excelsos muni alaban el don de una vaca; y también debe ofrecerse alimento a los brāhmaṇas según la propia capacidad.

Word by Word

• ṛṣitoyāsaṃgame: at the confluence of the sages’ waters
• ṛṣitoyāsaṃgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛṣi-toya-saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक; ऋषि + तोय + संगम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण — ‘(संगमे)’

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विधेय

• śrāddham: śrāddha rite
• śrāddham: Karma (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śrāddha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विधेय

• sudurlabham: very difficult to obtain
• sudurlabham: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-durlabha (प्रातिपदिक; सु + दुर्लभ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण — ‘(स्नानं श्राद्धं)’

• gopradānam: gift of a cow
• gopradānam: Karma (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go-pradāna (प्रातिपदिक; गो + प्रदान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म/विषय

• praśaṃsanti: praise
• praśaṃsanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम; कर्ता — ‘ते (मुनयः)’

• munipugavāḥ: foremost sages
• munipugavāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni-puṅgava (प्रातिपदिक; मुनि + पुंगव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्ता; ‘श्रेष्ठ-मुनयः’

• bhojanam: food/feeding
• bhojanam: Karma (Object/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म (what is to be given)

• brāhmaṇānām: of/for the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇānām: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध — ‘ब्राह्मणानां (भोजनम्)’

• tu: and/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक

• yathāśaktyā: according to (one’s) capacity
• yathāśaktyā: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā-śakti (प्रातिपदिक; यथा + शक्ति)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial) — ‘according to one’s ability’

• pradāpayet: should give/should have given
• pradāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-dā (धातु) णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: ‘should cause to be given/should give’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from section flow; explicit speaker appears at start of next adhyāya)

Characters & Entities

• Ṛṣitoyā-saṅgama
• Snāna
• Śrāddha
• Go-pradāna
• Brāhmaṇa-bhojana
• Munis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At powerful tīrthas, dharma expresses itself through both ritual purity (snāna, śrāddha) and compassionate giving (go-dāna, feeding Brāhmaṇas).

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Ṛṣitoyā-saṅgama, a sacred confluence within the Prabhāsa Kṣetra cycle of tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna and śrāddha at the saṅgama, along with go-pradāna (cow donation) and brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding Brāhmaṇas) as one is able.