Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्रैव चाश्वो दातव्यः सकोषं खड्गमेव च । हिरण्यं चैव विप्राय एवं यात्राफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

tatraiva cāśvo dātavyaḥ sakoṣaṃ khaḍgameva ca | hiraṇyaṃ caiva viprāya evaṃ yātrāphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Là même, qu’on offre un cheval, et aussi une épée avec son fourreau, puis de l’or à un brāhmaṇa : ainsi obtient-on le fruit du pèlerinage.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देश-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• अश्वः: a horse
• अश्वः: Karta (to-be-given item as subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दातव्यः: should be given
• दातव्यः: Vidhi/Predicate (विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-भावः (gerundive/ought to be given)

• सकोषम्: with a sheath/scabbard
• सकोषम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकोष (प्रातिपदिक; स + कोष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कोषेण सह)

• खड्गम्: a sword
• खड्गम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• विप्राय: to a Brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• एवम्: thus; in this way
• एवम्: Adverbial (प्रकार-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• यात्राफलम्: the fruit of the pilgrimage
• यात्राफलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्राफल (प्रातिपदिक; यात्रा + फल)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः फलम्)

• लभेत्: would obtain; may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना-आज्ञार्थ), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narration; traditionally Sūta narrating to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Citrāditya context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devi (Mahādevī) addressed in adjacent verses/sectional style

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers gifts—horse, sheathed sword, and gold—to a seated brāhmaṇa near a shrine precinct; attendants hold ritual vessels; the sea-breeze and temple flags suggest the coastal kṣetra.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa (Vipra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed and sanctified through dāna—sharing wealth in a dharmic manner.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction applies within the Prabhāsakṣetra pilgrimage setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: gifting a horse, a sword with scabbard, and gold to a brāhmaṇa to secure yātrā-phala.