Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तदेकादशसाहस्रं फाल्गुन्यां यः प्रयच्छति । तिलधेनुसमायुक्तं स याति शिवसात्म्यताम्

Transliteration

tadekādaśasāhasraṃ phālgunyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati | tiladhenusamāyuktaṃ sa yāti śivasātmyatām

Translation

ഫാൽഗുണ മാസത്തിൽ ആ ഏകാദശ സഹസ്ര (ശ്ലോകങ്ങളുള്ള) ഗ്രന്ഥം തിലധേനുവോടുകൂടി ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ ശിവസാത്മ്യത—ശിവഭാവം—പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• ekādaśa-sāhasram: eleven-thousand (in extent)
• ekādaśa-sāhasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ekādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; dvigu = “eleven-thousand (in extent)”

• phālgunyām: in Phālguna (time)
• phālgunyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālgunī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; “in (the month/day) Phālgunī/Phālguna” (locative time)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• prayacchati: gives
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “gives/bestows”

• tila-dhenu-samāyuktam: accompanied by a tiladhenu (sesame-cow gift)
• tila-dhenu-samāyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + dhenu (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः = “accompanied with a sesame-cow (tiladhenu)” (qualifying the gift)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative = “he”

• yāti: attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “goes/attains”

• śiva-sātmyatām: Śiva-identity (union with Śiva)
• śiva-sātmyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + sātmyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa = “identity/assimilation with Śiva”

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a bound manuscript (eleven-thousand-verse text) along with a ceremonial tiladhenu to a brāhmaṇa; Śiva’s presence is suggested as a luminous liṅga or benevolent form granting sātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna
• Tila-dhenu
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with devotion, especially linked to sacred texts and prescribed gifts, leads toward Śiva-realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where such dānas are extolled as part of the kṣetra’s dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Phālguna, donate the referenced eleven-thousand-verse text along with a tila-dhenu (sesame-cow) gift.