Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

गोमहिष्यादि यद्दत्तं सुवर्णवसनानि च । वृषो भूमिग्रहो रूप्यं कन्यादानं तथैव च

Transliteration

gomahiṣyādi yaddattaṃ suvarṇavasanāni ca | vṛṣo bhūmigraho rūpyaṃ kanyādānaṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

ഗോ-മഹിഷ്യാദികളുടെ ദാനം, സ്വർണ്ണവും വസ്ത്രങ്ങളും ദാനം; വൃഷഭദാനം, ഭൂമിദാനം, വെള്ളിദാനം, അതുപോലെ കന്യാദാനവും—

Word by Word

• गोमहिष्यादि: cows, buffalo-cows, etc.
• गोमहिष्यादि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + महिषी + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘etc.’-ending compound; तत्पुरुष (गोमहिष्योः आदि)

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘given’

• सुवर्णवसनानि: gold and garments
• सुवर्णवसनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण + वसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन — द्वन्द्व (सुवर्णं च वसनानि च)

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

• वृषः: a bull
• वृषः: Karma (Item listed as gift)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• भूमिग्रहः: granting/transfer of land
• भूमिग्रहः: Karma (Item listed as gift)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि + ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूमेः ग्रहः)

• रूप्यम्: silver
• रूप्यम्: Karma (Item listed as gift)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन — silver

• कन्यादानम्: gift of a maiden (marriage-giving)
• कन्यादानम्: Karma (Item listed as gift)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कन्यायाः दानम्)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक अव्यय — adverb

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय — emphatic particle

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

Speaker

Unknown (continuation leading into the next verse’s conclusion)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha cluster (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of donors presenting different gifts: cows and buffaloes led with garlands, folded garments, a bull, a symbolic land-grant deed, silver vessels, and a wedding scene indicating kanyā-dāna—set near a tīrtha with priests blessing the acts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma esteems many forms of dāna—material, social, and ritual—as means of accruing merit, especially when linked to sacred contexts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse lists gift-types; the tīrtha context is supplied by the surrounding Dvārakā Māhātmya passage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of cows/buffaloes, gold, garments, a bull, land, silver, and kanyādāna (marriage-gift of a maiden), as meritorious offerings.