Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

वृषस्तत्रैव दातव्यः सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

Ceux qui désirent le fruit parfait du pèlerinage doivent offrir sur place un taureau en don sacré.

Word by Word

• vṛṣaḥ: a bull
• vṛṣaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

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

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• dātavyaḥ: should be given
• dātavyaḥ: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (vṛṣaḥ इति)

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

• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-phala + ipsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः फलम्) + इच्छार्थक 'ipsu' (desirous); कर्तृवाचक-समूह

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Pratyūṣeśvara worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa present a decorated bull to a worthy recipient; the bull is garlanded, with a tilaka on its forehead, and the sea-temple landscape frames the act of charity.

Characters & Entities

• Pratyūṣeśvara
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by dharmic giving; charity completes sacred travel with tangible merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (contextually, the Pratyūṣeśvara precinct).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vṛṣa-dāna—donation of a bull at the site to secure the proper fruit of yātrā.