Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

गोभूतिलहिरण्यादीन्ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ बहून् । सानुजो धर्मपुत्रोऽसाविंद्रप्रस्थं ययौ ततः

Transliteration

gobhūtilahiraṇyādīnbrāhmaṇebhyo dadau bahūn | sānujo dharmaputro'sāviṃdraprasthaṃ yayau tataḥ

Translation

അവൻ ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു പശു, ഭൂമി, എള്ള്, സ്വർണം മുതലായ അനേകം ദാനങ്ങൾ നൽകി; തുടർന്ന് ധർമ്മപുത്രൻ അനുജന്മാരോടുകൂടെ ഇന്ദ്രപ്രസ്ഥത്തിലേക്ക് പോയി।

Word by Word

• गोभूतिलहिरण्यादीन्: cows, land, sesame, gold, etc.
• गोभूतिलहिरण्यादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + भू + तिल + हिरण्य + आदि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (गो-भू-तिल-हिरण्य-आदि)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बहून्: many
• बहून्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (गोभूतिलहिरण्यादीन्)

• सानुजः: with (his) younger brother
• सानुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सानुज (प्रातिपदिक; सह + अनुज)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव-समासः (अनुजेन सह)

• धर्मपुत्रः: Dharma’s son (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• धर्मपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मपुत्र (प्रातिपदिक; धर्म + पुत्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (धर्मस्य पुत्रः)

• असौ: that one/he
• असौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• इन्द्रप्रस्थम्: to Indraprastha
• इन्द्रप्रस्थम्: Karma (Goal/कर्म-गति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रप्रस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; नाम-समासः (इन्द्रस्य प्रस्थः/प्रस्थम्)

• ययौ: went
• ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ततः: thereafter/from there
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय; तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः: अपादान/काल/क्रमसूचक (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narration emphasizing dāna after tīrtha-rite)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Lakṣmī-tīrtha (implied completion)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A post-vrata gifting scene: Yudhiṣṭhira with brothers offers cows, sesame, gold, and deeds of land to seated brāhmaṇas; then a departure tableau with a royal yet restrained caravan heading toward Indraprastha.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Dharma-putra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Indraprastha
• Younger brothers (Pāṇḍavas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed and sanctified by dāna—charity to brāhmaṇas—uniting personal purification with social-religious responsibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse follows the Lakṣmī-tīrtha observance and shows its dharmic completion through dāna; the tīrtha context remains Lakṣmī-tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna to brāhmaṇas—cows, land, sesame, gold, and other gifts—after completing the tīrtha discipline.