Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 73

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानं स्वशक्त्या च मामुद्दिश्य तथा पितॄन् । लभते वैष्णवं लोकं पितृभिः परिवारितः

Transliteration

dattvā dānaṃ svaśaktyā ca māmuddiśya tathā pitṝn | labhate vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ pitṛbhiḥ parivāritaḥ

Translation

ತನ್ನ ಶಕ್ತಿಯಂತೆ ದಾನ ನೀಡಿ, ಅದನ್ನು ನನ್ನಿಗೂ ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಗೂ ಉದ್ದೇಶಿಸಿ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿದವನು, ಪಿತೃಗಳಿಂದ ಪರಿವಾರಿತನಾಗಿ ವೈಷ್ಣವ ಲೋಕವನ್ನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ।

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive; prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययीभाव-प्रयोगः; धातु: दा (to give)

• दानम्: gift, donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• स्वशक्त्या: by one's own ability
• स्वशक्त्या: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व-शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक; स्व + शक्ति)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (one's own power)

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

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• उद्दिश्य: having dedicated (to)
• उद्दिश्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Absolutive; purpose)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्+दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); धातु: उद्+दिश् (to dedicate/aim at)

• तथा: likewise, also
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (in like manner/also)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors (pitṛs)
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• लभते: attains
• लभते: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वैष्णवम्: Vaishnava, of Viṣṇu
• वैष्णवम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying lokaṃ)

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• पितृभिः: by/with the ancestors
• पितृभिः: Sahakāraka (Association/with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• परिवारितः: surrounded, accompanied
• परिवारितः: Kartṛviśeṣaṇa (Predicate adjective of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+वृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of the doer)

Speaker

Śrī Kṛṣṇa

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mayatīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (frame, implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After ritual bathing, a devotee offers gifts to brāhmaṇas/poor, while subtle ancestral figures stand behind in blessing; a distant shrine of Kṛṣṇa suggests dedication to Him.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Kṛṣṇa
• Pitṛs
• Vaiṣṇava-loka (Viṣṇu-loka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with right intention—toward God and ancestors—becomes a bridge to divine realms and lineage upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā tīrtha of this chapter, associated with Mayasya-saras/Mayatīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity) according to one’s means, explicitly dedicated to Kṛṣṇa and the Pitṛs.