Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

व्यासाय सूर्यभक्ताय मंत्रेणानेन दापयेत्

Transliteration

vyāsāya sūryabhaktāya maṃtreṇānena dāpayet

Translation

Par ce mantra même, qu’on donne (l’offrande) à Vyāsa, le dévot du Soleil.

Word by Word

• व्यासाय: to Vyāsa
• व्यासाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सम्प्रदानम्

• सूर्यभक्ताय: to the Sun-devotee
• सूर्यभक्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सूर्य-भक्त (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + भक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (व्यासस्य)

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्; करणम्

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रेण)

• दापयेत्: should cause (it) to be given / should give
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु; √दा (दाने) caus. दापयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकारः (Optative/विध्यर्थ), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Narrator/instructor voice within the māhātmya (ritual directive)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa performs a formal offering with mantra to sage Vyāsa—seated as a venerable ṛṣi—while a cow-gift rite is prepared nearby, with the sea-breeze and temple silhouettes in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Sūrya (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offerings gain sanctity when given with mantra and directed toward revered, spiritually qualified recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, as the ritual setting where such mantra-guided giving is taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donation (dāna) is to be performed using the stated mantra, specifically directed to Vyāsa (identified as a Sun-devotee).