Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 193

Devanagari script

यः श्राद्धे श्रावयेद्देवि ब्राह्मणान्संशितव्रतान् । तस्यानंतं भवेद्देवि यद्दानं पुरुषस्य वै

Transliteration

yaḥ śrāddhe śrāvayeddevi brāhmaṇānsaṃśitavratān | tasyānaṃtaṃ bhaveddevi yaddānaṃ puruṣasya vai

Translation

Ô Devī, si, lors d’un Śrāddha, un homme fait entendre ce récit sacré à des brāhmanes aux vœux rigoureux, alors le mérite de son don devient sans fin.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्राद्धे: at/in the śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• श्रावयेत्: should make (them) listen / should recite to
• श्रावयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative: 'cause to hear/recite to')

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• संशितव्रतान्: of well-observed vows
• संशितव्रतान्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संशित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रयोग) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय ('well-disciplined' + 'vowed')

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनन्तम्: endless, infinite
• अनन्तम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: would be, becomes
• भवेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• दानम्: gift, donation
• दानम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुरुषस्य: of a man
• पुरुषस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice) addressing Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A śrāddha setting: the performer offers piṇḍa and water, while disciplined Brāhmaṇas sit attentively listening to the Prabhāsa/Arkasthala māhātmya; offerings and calm sanctity dominate.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Brāhmaṇas
• Śrāddha
• Arkasthala
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity and ancestral rites gain boundless merit when joined with śravaṇa (hearing) of sacred māhātmya by worthy Brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement supports the Arkasthala/Prabhāsakṣetra context, where hearing the māhātmya enhances ritual fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During Śrāddha, arrange for vow-observant Brāhmaṇas to hear/recite the sacred account; the associated dāna becomes ‘ananta’ (endless).