Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तेन पीतानि वस्त्राणि देयानि द्विजपुंगवे । स्नानं श्राद्धं च कर्तव्यं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

tena pītāni vastrāṇi deyāni dvijapuṃgave | snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca kartavyaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

Por ello, oh el mejor de los dos veces nacidos, deben darse en caridad vestiduras amarillas; y quienes anhelan el fruto pleno de la peregrinación han de cumplir debidamente el baño ritual y los ritos de śrāddha también.

Word by Word

• tena: by him; by that (person)
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-निर्देशः

• pītāni: drunk; imbibed (i.e., used)
• pītāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pā (धातु) + pīta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (vastrāṇi)

• vastrāṇi: clothes; garments
• vastrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्म (deyāni इत्यस्य)

• deyāni: to be given; should be donated
• deyāni: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √dā (धातु) + deya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विधेयार्थक-कर्तव्यता (gerundive/तव्यत्-प्रत्ययार्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्

• dvijapuṃgave: to the best of Brahmins
• dvijapuṃgave: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija + puṃgava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्प्रदान-लक्ष्ये अधिकरणवत् (recipient-locative)

• snānam: bathing
• snānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: snāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्तव्यकर्म (thing to be done)

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

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• kartavyam: to be done; should be performed
• kartavyam: Kriya-visheshana (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √kṛ (धातु) + kartavya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्तव्यता (gerundive/तव्यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (snānaṃ śrāddhaṃ ca)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) सम्यगर्थे

• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-phala-ipsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृ-निर्देशः (agent in passive/impersonal construction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (contextual attribution within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (yātrā-phala completion rites)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijapuṅgava (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa: one offers folded yellow garments to a learned brāhmaṇa; others bathe at a sacred water spot; a family performs śrāddha with piṇḍa and water offerings—three acts forming one pilgrimage tableau.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Snāna
• Śrāddha
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha-yātrā becomes spiritually complete when devotion is joined with charity and duty—purifying oneself and honoring ancestors.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where pilgrimage fruit is said to be perfected through prescribed acts.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of yellow garments, sacred bathing (snāna), and performance of śrāddha for full pilgrimage merit.