Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दधि प्रदद्याद्योऽपीह ब्राह्मणाय मनोरमम् । सोऽप्यग्निलोकमासाद्य भुंक्ते भोगान्सुशोभनान्

Transliteration

dadhi pradadyādyo'pīha brāhmaṇāya manoramam | so'pyagnilokamāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān

Translation

Quiconque ici (à Prabhāsa) offre à un brāhmaṇa un caillé délicieux—lui aussi atteindra le monde d’Agni et jouira de plaisirs splendides et de bon augure.

Word by Word

• dadhi: curd; yogurt
• dadhi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• pradadyāt: should give; may give
• pradadyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘प्रदद्याद्’ (sandhi form)

• yaḥ: whoever
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘even/also’)

• iha: here (in this place)
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• brāhmaṇāya: to a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• manoramam: delightful; pleasing
• manoramam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘dadhi’)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘also’)

• agni-lokaṃ: Agni-world
• agni-lokaṃ: Karma (Destination as object/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अग्नेः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund): ‘आसाद्य’ = ‘प्राप्य/after reaching’

• bhuṅkte: he enjoys; he partakes
• bhuṅkte: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• bhogān: enjoyments; pleasures
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• su-śobhanān: very splendid
• su-śobhanān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सुशोभन = अतिशयेन शोभन), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘bhogān’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers a decorated pot of curd to a serene brāhmaṇa near the Prabhāsa shore/temple precinct; Agni’s radiant realm appears above as a fiery-golden mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brāhmaṇa
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple gifts offered with sacred intent at a tīrtha become powerful causes of higher worlds and refined merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dadhi-dāna—offering curd to a brāhmaṇa as an act of merit at Prabhāsa.