Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

औषधं स्नेहमाहारं ददद्गोब्राह्मणादिषु । दीयमाने विपत्तिः स्यान्न स पापेन लिप्यते

Transliteration

auṣadhaṃ snehamāhāraṃ dadadgobrāhmaṇādiṣu | dīyamāne vipattiḥ syānna sa pāpena lipyate

Translation

ഗോവുകൾക്കും ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർക്കും മുതലായവർക്കും ഔഷധം, സ്നേഹം (നെയ്യ്/എണ്ണ) അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ആഹാരം നൽകുന്നവന്—നൽകുന്നതിനിടെ എന്തെങ്കിലും വിപത്ത് സംഭവിച്ചാലും അവൻ പാപത്തിൽ ലിപ്തനാകുന്നില്ല.

Word by Word

• औषधम्: medicine
• औषधम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: auṣadha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्नेहम्: oil/fat; affection (here: oil)
• स्नेहम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sneha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आहारम्: food
• आहारम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ददत्: giving
• ददत्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु) + शतृ (प्रत्यय)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; “giving”

• गोब्राह्मणादिषु: among cows, Brahmins, and others
• गोब्राह्मणादिषु: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः: गोब्राह्मणाः आदयः येषु (among cows, Brahmins, etc.)

• दीयमाने: while (it is) being given
• दीयमाने: Adhikarana (Temporal locus)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: शानच्-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमानकर्मणि कृदन्त (Present passive participle), सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; “while being given”

• विपत्तिः: misfortune, calamity
• विपत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipatti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्यात्: may occur, would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पापेन: by sin, with sin
• पापेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• लिप्यते: is tainted, is smeared
• लिप्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: lip (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers bowls of medicine, ghee/oil, and food to a cowherd shelter and to brāhmaṇas; a small spill or stumble occurs, yet the scene remains auspicious with calm faces and blessing gestures.

Characters & Entities

• Go (cow)
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity done in a dharmic spirit protects the giver; accidental harm during sincere giving does not incur the same moral taint.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, generosity is framed as a supportive practice for pilgrims and residents of the sacred region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of medicine, unction (sneha), and food to cows and brāhmaṇas is recommended, with a note about accidental mishaps.