Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

यो दद्यात्कांचनं मेरुं कृत्स्नां चैव वसुन्धराम् । योगेशं पूजयेद्यस्तु स तयोरधिकः स्मृतः

Transliteration

yo dadyātkāṃcanaṃ meruṃ kṛtsnāṃ caiva vasundharām | yogeśaṃ pūjayedyastu sa tayoradhikaḥ smṛtaḥ

Translation

Quand bien même quelqu’un offrirait un Meru d’or et la terre entière, celui qui vénère Yogēśa est tenu pour plus grand que ces deux dons.

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: would give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• काञ्चनम्: golden
• काञ्चनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘मेरुम्’ विशेषण

• मेरुम्: Mount Meru
• मेरुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कृत्स्नाम्: entire
• कृत्स्नाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; ‘वसुन्धराम्’ विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• वसुन्धराम्: the earth
• वसुन्धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसुन्धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• योगेशम्: Yogeśa (Lord of Yoga)
• योगेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योग-ईश (प्रातिपदिक; योग + ईश)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: would worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणबोधक-अव्यय (particle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तयोः: of those two (acts/persons)
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• अधिकः: superior
• अधिकः: Pratijna/Predicate adjective
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तुलनात्मक (comparative sense)

• स्मृतः: is said/considered
• स्मृतः: Kriya (Predicative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; भावे ‘is considered’

Speaker

Śiva (addressing Devī/Pārvatī, inferred)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two contrasting panels: on one side, a kingly donor offering a colossal golden Meru and the earth symbolically; on the other, a simple devotee worshipping Yogēśa—yet the divine scale tips toward the worshipper.

Characters & Entities

• Yogēśa/Yogēśvara
• Meru
• Dāna
• Pūjā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Direct worship of Īśvara, especially at a sacred kṣetra, is presented as superior to even unimaginable material charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, via the exaltation of Yogēśvara worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of Yogēśa is recommended; dāna is mentioned only for comparison of merit.