Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सुवर्णपादुका देया तत्र विप्राय शीलिने

Transliteration

suvarṇapādukā deyā tatra viprāya śīline

Translation

Là, l’on doit offrir en don des sandales d’or à un brāhmane de conduite vertueuse.

Word by Word

• suvarṇa-pādukā: golden sandals
• suvarṇa-pādukā: Karta (Predicate-nominative/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa + pādukā (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता/विधेय), एकवचन; ‘सुवर्णा पादुका’ इति कर्मधारयः

• deyā: should be given
• deyā: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: deya (कृदन्त; दा धातोः यत्/तव्यत्-अर्थे)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषणम्; ‘देया’ = दातव्या (to be given)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• viprāya: to a brāhmaṇa
• viprāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• śīline: of good conduct
• śīline: Sampradana (Recipient-qualifier/सम्प्रदान-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śīlin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (विप्राय)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī) (contextual to the Prabhāsa dialogue frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers a pair of golden sandals to a serene, well-conducted brāhmaṇa near a sacred precinct, with the sea/riverine ambience of Prabhāsa implied.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma uplifts sacred giving: wealth becomes sanctified when offered respectfully to the worthy in a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implied by “tatra” within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific dāna: gifting golden sandals (suvarṇa-pādukā) to a virtuous brāhmaṇa.