Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

हयप्रदो दिव्यदेहो लक्ष्मीवान्वृषभ प्रदः । सुभार्यः शिबिकादाता सुपर्यंकप्रदोऽपि च

Transliteration

hayaprado divyadeho lakṣmīvānvṛṣabha pradaḥ | subhāryaḥ śibikādātā suparyaṃkaprado'pi ca

Translation

അശ്വദാനം ചെയ്താൽ ദിവ്യമായ തേജസ്സുള്ള ദേഹം ലഭിക്കും; വൃഷഭദാനം ചെയ്താൽ ലക്ഷ്മീ-സമൃദ്ധി ലഭിക്കും. ശിബിക (പാലക്കി) ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ സുവധു ലഭിക്കും; ഉത്തമ ശയ്യാദാനം ചെയ്താൽ അതിനൊത്ത സുഖസൗകര്യങ്ങൾ ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• हयप्रदः: giver of horses
• हयप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हय (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (हयान् प्रददाति इति)

• दिव्यदेहः: having a divine body
• दिव्यदेहः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दिव्य (प्रातिपदिक) + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (दिव्यः देहः यस्य)

• लक्ष्मीवान्: prosperous; endowed with Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मीवान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive)

• वृषभप्रदः: giver of bulls
• वृषभप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृषभ (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (वृषभान् प्रददाति इति)

• सुभार्यः: having a good wife
• सुभार्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (सु-भार्या यस्य)

• शिबिकादाता: giver of a palanquin
• शिबिकादाता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिबिका (प्रातिपदिक) + दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिबिकां ददाति इति)

• सुपर्यङ्कप्रदः: giver of a fine bed/couch
• सुपर्यङ्कप्रदः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + पर्यङ्क (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सु-पर्यङ्कं प्रददाति इति)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor respectfully offers a horse, a bull, a palanquin, and a finely made bed to a seated brāhmaṇa/ācārya; behind them a calm āśrama setting with kuśa, yajña-fire, and attendants; subtle divine radiance surrounds the donor as ‘phala’ symbolism.

Characters & Entities

• Lakṣmī (as prosperity concept)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gifts that support dignity, mobility, and comfort return as elevated wellbeing—inner and outer—by dharmic law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; this is a general statement of dāna-mahātmyam.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donation of horse, bull, palanquin, and bed is praised with their respective fruits.