Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

इतरैरितराण्येव वर्णयोग्यानि यानि च । सुरभीणि च पानानि तासु योग्यानि दापयेत्

Transliteration

itarairitarāṇyeva varṇayogyāni yāni ca | surabhīṇi ca pānāni tāsu yogyāni dāpayet

Translation

മറ്റു കൂട്ടങ്ങൾക്കും അവരുടെ വർണ്ണ-മര്യാദയ്ക്ക് യോജിച്ച മറ്റു ദ്രവ്യങ്ങൾ നൽകണം; അതുപോലെ ആ സ്ത്രീകൾക്ക് അനുയോജ്യമായ സുഗന്ധപാനീയങ്ങളും സമർപ്പിക്കണം।

Word by Word

• इतरैः: by others / with other (means)
• इतरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण (by other [people/things])

• इतराणि: other (ones)
• इतराणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेष्य (understood: पानानि)

• एव: only, indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय

• वर्णयोग्यानि: suitable for (their) varṇa
• वर्णयोग्यानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying इतराणि/पानानि); तत्पुरुषः (वर्णानां योग्य = suitable for the classes/castes)

• यानि: which
• यानि: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• सुरभीणि: fragrant
• सुरभीणि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुरभि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पानानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय

• पानानि: drinks
• पानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तासु: among them / in those (groups)
• तासु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; अधिकरण

• योग्यानि: appropriate
• योग्यानि: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying पानानि)

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given / should distribute
• दापयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative/imperative sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household pavilion near the Prabhāsa sacred zone: attendants present fragrant drinks and suitable gifts to seated women guests, arranged by groups according to status; vessels and trays are neatly laid out.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna should be appropriate—tailored to the recipient’s suitability and done with discernment and respect.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The guidance is embedded in the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya’s ritual framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give offerings and fragrant drinks in a manner suited (yogya) to the recipients’ station and context.