Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सर्वेषां चैव यज्ञानां दानानां नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

sarveṣāṃ caiva yajñānāṃ dānānāṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

Assurément, tel est le fruit de tous les sacrifices et de tous les dons ; il n’y a là aucun doute.

Word by Word

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed; certainly
• eva: Prayojaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• yajñānām: of sacrifices
• yajñānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dānānām: of gifts; charities
• dānānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• na: not
• na: Prayojaka (Negation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), निषेधार्थक निपात (negation particle)

• atra: here; in this matter
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ratneśvara worship context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator’s proclamation overlays a vision of multiple Vedic fires and donation scenes dissolving into a single radiant shrine of Ratneśvara, signifying ‘all yajñas and all dānas’ condensed into one act.

Characters & Entities

• Yajña
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-centered devotion can confer the combined merit of major sacrificial rites and charitable acts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra as the setting where such comprehensive merit is affirmed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse emphasizes the fruit of yajña and dāna, implying that the described worship/pilgrimage practice yields their merit.