Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

तत्र दत्त्वा तु दानानि विधिवद्वेदपारगे । तत्रैव द्वादशीयोगे स्नात्वा चैव विधानतः

Transliteration

tatra dattvā tu dānāni vidhivadvedapārage | tatraiva dvādaśīyoge snātvā caiva vidhānataḥ

Translation

Là, après avoir offert des dons en aumône, dûment et selon le rite, à un connaisseur des Veda, et là même, lors de l’observance de Dvādaśī, après m’être baigné conformément à la règle…

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• विधिवत्: properly, as prescribed
• विधिवत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधिवत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (according to rule)

• वेदपारगे: O knower of the Veda
• वेदपारगे: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेद + पारग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वेदस्य पारगः = one who has mastered the Veda)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis)

• द्वादशीयोगे: on the Dvādaśī occasion
• द्वादशीयोगे: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वादशी + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (द्वादश्याः योगः)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphasis)

• विधानतः: according to the procedure
• विधानतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb: 'according to/through procedure')

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa perform formal dāna to a Veda-knower, then proceed to the sacred waters for Dvādaśī snāna with ritual vessels, lamps, and offerings arranged on the bank.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna
• Veda-pāraga (Veda-knower)
• Dvādaśī
• Snāna
• Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage bears fruit when joined with disciplined purity (snāna) and generosity (dāna) offered to the learned.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha being discussed in Adhyāya 353, where Dvādaśī snāna and dāna are prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give dāna properly to a Veda-knower and perform snāna on Dvādaśī, both according to prescribed ritual procedure (vidhi).