Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पूज्याः पंचोपचारेण प्राप्नुयादीप्सितं फलम् । गोदानं तत्र वै देयं सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

pūjyāḥ paṃcopacāreṇa prāpnuyādīpsitaṃ phalam | godānaṃ tatra vai deyaṃ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

Qu’on les vénère par les cinq offrandes (pañcopacāra) ; ainsi l’on obtient le fruit désiré. Et là, en vérité, ceux qui aspirent au mérite complet du pèlerinage doivent faire le don d’une vache (godāna).

Word by Word

• pūjyāḥ: (they) should be worshipped
• pūjyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pūjya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √pūj पूज् + यत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/‘to be worshipped’)

• pañca-upacāreṇa: with fivefold offerings
• pañca-upacāreṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + upacāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (‘five services/offerings’)

• prāpnuyāt: may obtain
• prāpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) उपसर्ग-प्र (प्राप्नुयात्)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• īpsitam: desired
• īpsitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īpsita (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √āp (आप्) desiderative √īps)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle sense: ‘desired’)

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• go-dānam: cow-gift (donation of a cow)
• go-dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘gift of a cow’)

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

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deya (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √dā दा + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: ‘to be given’)

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

• yātrā-phala-īpsubhiḥ: by those who desire the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrā-phala-īpsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + īpsu (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; desiderative agent noun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (‘desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage’)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṃkīśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Māgha worship Maṃkīśvara with five offerings—fragrance, flowers, incense, lamp, and food—then proceed to gift a cow (or perform a dāna ceremony) to complete the pilgrimage fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Maṃkīśvara
• Pañcopacāra Pūjā
• Go-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by devotion (pūjā) and generosity (dāna), uniting inner worship with outward dharmic giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṃkīśvara in Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context: near Trisaṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pañcopacāra pūjā and give go-dāna to obtain the full fruit of the yātrā.