Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

तत्र यो वाजिनं दद्यात्सम्यग्भक्तिसमन्वितः । अश्वमेधस्य यज्ञस्य फलं प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

tatra yo vājinaṃ dadyātsamyagbhaktisamanvitaḥ | aśvamedhasya yajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

जो मनुष्य वहाँ सम्यक् भक्ति सहित घोड़े का दान करता है, वह अश्वमेध यज्ञ के समान पुण्यफल प्राप्त करता है।

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक अव्यय

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• vājinaṃ: a horse
• vājinaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vājin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• samyak: properly; duly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• bhakti-samanvitaḥ: endowed with devotion
• bhakti-samanvitaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त, सम् + √i (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त विशेषण; समासः—तत्पुरुष (भक्त्या समन्वितः)

• aśvamedhasya: of the Aśvamedha
• aśvamedhasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśvamedha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (अश्वस्य मेधः)

• yajñasya: of the sacrifice
• yajñasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• phalam: the fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (धातु) + pra- (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• mānavaḥ: a man; a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

Speaker

Unclear from snippet; Purāṇic narrator stating dāna-phala equivalence within Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Rāmeśvara/Puṣkara context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī / Mahādevī (addressed as bhāminī in adjacent verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa offers a decorated horse as dāna to a worthy brāhmaṇa/temple, with the sea-breeze and sacred precincts nearby; priests recite mantras, lamps and conch-sounds accompany the gift.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha
• Horse-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity at a sacred place can confer merits compared to grand Vedic sacrifices, making dharma accessible through dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ refers to the chapter’s tīrtha setting in Prabhāsa-kṣetra, centered around Puṣkara-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vājin-dāna (donation of a horse) performed with proper devotion, said to yield Aśvamedha-level merit.