Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

एको दानानि सर्वाणि ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रयच्छति । पश्यत्यन्यो हृषीकेशं चातुर्मास्यं समाहितः

Transliteration

eko dānāni sarvāṇi brāhmaṇebhyaḥ prayacchati | paśyatyanyo hṛṣīkeśaṃ cāturmāsyaṃ samāhitaḥ

Translation

ഒരാൾ ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു എല്ലാ തരത്തിലുള്ള ദാനങ്ങളും നൽകുന്നു; മറ്റൊരാൾ സ്ഥിരചിത്തനായി ചാതുർമാസ്യകാലം മുഴുവൻ ഹൃഷീകേശനെ ദർശിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• एकः: one (person)
• एकः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• दानानि: gifts, donations
• दानानि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• प्रयच्छति: gives, bestows
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (क्रिया/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• हृषीकेशम्: Hṛṣīkeśa
• हृषीकेशम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• चातुर्मास्यम्: Cāturmāsya observance
• चातुर्मास्यम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed, intent
• समाहितः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Unnamed Purāṇic narrator (contextual speaker within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hṛṣīkeśa (Arbuda)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a king (nṛpa-sattama)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa receiving many gifts is contrasted with a devotee quietly attending Hṛṣīkeśa darśana daily through the rainy season; the gifts fade into a luminous aura around the deity, implying transmutation into devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Hṛṣīkeśa
• Brāhmaṇas
• Dāna
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇa elevates sustained devotional presence (darśana) as a concentrated equivalent to extensive charitable giving.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hṛṣīkeśa in the Arbuda sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya-period observance with steady darśana/worshipful attendance before Hṛṣīkeśa.