Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

गृहं सोपस्करं दत्त्वा विप्राय गृहमेधिने । लभते नंदने दिव्यं विमानं सार्वकामिकम्

Transliteration

gṛhaṃ sopaskaraṃ dattvā viprāya gṛhamedhine | labhate naṃdane divyaṃ vimānaṃ sārvakāmikam

Translation

Celui qui offre à un brāhmane chef de maison une demeure pourvue de tout son mobilier obtient, à Nandana, un vimāna divin exauçant tous les désirs.

Word by Word

• गृहम्: a house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• स-उपस्करम्: with furnishings/implements
• स-उपस्करम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/सह) + उपस्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (गृहस्य); अव्ययीभावः = 'with furnishings/equipment'

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्ययभाव; पूर्वक्रिया

• विप्राय: to a brāhmaṇa
• विप्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; सम्प्रदान

• गृहमेधिने: to a householder (gṛhamedhin)
• गृहमेधिने: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह + मेधिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेष्य-सम्प्रदान (to the householder)

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नन्दने: in Nandana (garden)
• नन्दने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• दिव्यम्: divine
• दिव्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (विमानम्)

• विमानम्: a celestial chariot/aircraft
• विमानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विमान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• सार्वकामिकम्: fulfilling all desires
• सार्वकामिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + कामिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (विमानम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A newly built house with household goods is ceremonially handed over to a brāhmaṇa gṛhastha; above, a radiant vimāna appears in Nandana, signifying wish-fulfilling mobility.

Characters & Entities

• Nandana (forest/grove)
• Vipra (Brahmin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting dharma materially—by sustaining a worthy Brahmin householder—yields subtle, heavenly abundance symbolized by the wish-fulfilling vimāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Gṛha-dāna: gifting a furnished house to a qualified vipra who maintains gṛhastha-dharma.