Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 37
Devanagari script
स्नानखादनपानैश्च वोढृभ्यस्तीर्थसेवकः । ददत्सकलमाप्नोति फलं तीर्थसमुद्भवम्
Transliteration
snānakhādanapānaiśca voḍhṛbhyastīrthasevakaḥ | dadatsakalamāpnoti phalaṃ tīrthasamudbhavam
Translation
Au tīrtha, le serviteur dévot du lieu sacré—en offrant bain, nourriture et boisson à ceux qui portent et cheminent—obtient en plénitude le mérite né du tīrtha lui-même.
Word by Word
स्नानखादनपानैःby bathing, eating, and drinking (provisions)
स्नानखादनपानैः:
Karana (Means)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक) + खादन (प्रातिपदिक) + पान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formइतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (by baths, food, and drink)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)
वोढृभ्यःto the carriers/bearers
वोढृभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootवोढृ (√वह् धातोः कृत्-प्रत्यय: तृच्/तृ)
Formकृदन्त-कर्तृवाचक (agent noun: carrier/bearer); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, बहुवचन (to/for the carriers)
तीर्थसेवकःthe attendant of the tīrtha
तीर्थसेवकः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + सेवक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: तीर्थस्य सेवकः; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (the tīrtha-attendant/servant)
ददत्giving
ददत्:
Karta (Subject participle)
TypeVerb
Root√दा (धातु) + शतृ (कृत्)
Formशतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकाले कृदन्त (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'giving' (agreeing with तीर्थसेवकः)
सकलम्entire; all
सकलम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसकल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (entire/all)
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
Kriya (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√आप् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (he attains)
फलम्fruit; result
फलम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootफल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
तीर्थसमुद्भवम्arising from the tīrtha
तीर्थसमुद्भवम्:
Karma (Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootतीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + समुद्भव (सम्-उद्-√भू + घञ्/अच्-प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष: तीर्थात् समुद्भवम्/तीर्थसमुद्भवम्; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (arising from the tīrtha)
Speaker
Skanda (as narrator of Prabhāsa-māhātmya)
Characters & Entities
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Prabhāsa KṣetraT
TīrthaFAQs
Service to pilgrims at a sacred site is itself a powerful form of dharma, yielding the tīrtha’s full merit.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra and its tīrthas, celebrated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
Dāna in the form of practical hospitality—arranging bathing, food, and drink for travellers/pilgrims.