Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

वस्त्रयुग्मं ततो दत्त्वा गां च दत्त्वा विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

vastrayugmaṃ tato dattvā gāṃ ca dattvā visarjayet

Translation

Ensuite, après avoir offert une paire de vêtements et donné aussi une vache, qu’on achève le rite et qu’on prenne congé, selon la règle, de l’observance.

Word by Word

• vastra-yugmam: a pair of garments
• vastra-yugmam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + yugma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular; समासः: ‘वस्त्राणां युग्मम्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = thereafter

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) = having given

• gām: a cow
• gām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन = Accusative singular

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक) = and

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √dā (दा) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive) = having given

• visarjayet: should release (them)/dismiss
• visarjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (सृज्) (धातु) with उपसर्ग vi-
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन = should release/dismiss

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Someśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Gandharva (continuing instruction)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After the feast, the donor presents a pair of garments neatly folded and ceremonially offers a cow (or symbolic go-sevā) to the officiants; the ācārya blesses the donor as the observance is formally concluded.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (garments)
• Go-dāna (cow-gift)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vow is sealed by selfless giving—charity is portrayed as the ethical completion of worship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where vows connected to Someśvara are completed with prescribed dānas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra-dāna (pair of clothes) and go-dāna (gift of a cow) followed by formal conclusion (visarjana) of the rite.