Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

यस्तत्रोपानहौ दद्याद्ब्राह्मणाय यतव्रतः । स यानवरमारूढो विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

yastatropānahau dadyādbrāhmaṇāya yatavrataḥ | sa yānavaramārūḍho viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

അവിടെ വ്രതനിഷ്ഠയോടും സംയമത്തോടും കൂടി ബ്രാഹ്മണന് ഒരു ജോടി പാദുകകൾ ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ, വിഷ്ണുലോകത്തിൽ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ വാഹനാരൂഢനെന്നപോലെ മഹിമപ്പെടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (स्थान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of place)

• उपानहौ: a pair of sandals
• उपानहौ: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन; ‘उपानहौ’ = pair of sandals/shoes

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणाय: to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradana (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• यतव्रतः: of restrained vows
• यतव्रतः: Karta (subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यत (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यतस्य व्रतम्) = restrained in vows; विशेषणं (यः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• यानवरम्: an excellent vehicle
• यानवरम्: Karma (object of participle)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (वरं यानम्)

• आरूढः: having mounted
• आरूढः: Karta (subject state)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: आ-; ‘having mounted’

• विष्णुलोके: in Viṣṇu’s world
• विष्णुलोके: Adhikarana (स्थान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः)

• महीयते: is honored
• महीयते: Kriya (predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (is honored/glorified)

Speaker

Vasiṣṭha (continuing the gāthā; deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (dāna-sthāna within the circuit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: The same interlocutor in the Prabhāsa-mahātmya dialogue

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observant pilgrim offers a new pair of sandals to a brāhmaṇa at Prabhāsa; in a visionary overlay, the donor is shown honored in Viṣṇuloka, seated on or mounted upon a splendid celestial vehicle.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Viṣṇuloka
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is completed by charity; humble gifts offered with discipline become causes for divine honor and higher realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same ‘there’ refers to Puṣkara/Viṣṇupada tīrtha context described in the preceding verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: gifting a pair of sandals (upānahau) to a brāhmaṇa, performed with vow-discipline (yata-vrata).