Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अपि स्यात्स कुलेऽस्माकं गोष्पदे दत्तदीपकः । आकल्पकालिका दीप्तिस्तेनाऽस्माकं भविष्यति

Transliteration

api syātsa kule'smākaṃ goṣpade dattadīpakaḥ | ākalpakālikā dīptistenā'smākaṃ bhaviṣyati

Translation

Ah, s’il se trouvait dans notre lignée quelqu’un qui offre ne serait-ce qu’une lampe à Goṣpada ! Par cet acte, une clarté durable, jusqu’à la fin du kalpa, naîtra pour notre famille.

Word by Word

• api: perhaps
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्भावना-अव्ययम् (perhaps/even)

• syāt: may there be
• syāt: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• kule: in the family
• kule: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• asmākam: of us / our
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• goṣpade: at Goṣpada
• goṣpade: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: goṣpada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• datta-dīpakaḥ: one who has offered a lamp
• datta-dīpakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: datta (√dā धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त) + dīpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; क्त-पूर्वपद-तत्पुरुषः (दत्तः दीपकः—‘a lamp that has been given’)

• ā-kalpa-kālikā: lasting till the end of the kalpa
• ā-kalpa-kālikā: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ā (उपसर्ग) + kalpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kālika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying dīptiḥ); अर्थः—‘आकल्पपर्यन्तं कालिका’ (lasting until the end of an aeon)

• dīptiḥ: radiance, light
• dīptiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

• tena: by him / through that
• tena: Karaṇa/Hetu (Means/Cause/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्

• asmākam: for us / of us
• asmākam: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचनम्

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa narration style in māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dusk in Goṣpada, a pilgrim places a small clay lamp; the flame expands into a symbolic pillar of light reaching skyward, with ancestral figures receiving its glow.

Characters & Entities

• Goṣpada (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even a small offering like lamp-giving at a powerful tīrtha can generate long-lasting merit that uplifts one’s entire lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnāth/Prabhāsa sacred region) is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna—offering a lamp at Goṣpada.