Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

प्रत्येकं च ददौ तेषु दानानि विविधानि तु । तथाऽधः स्थाप यामास सरस्वत्यब्धिसंगमे

Transliteration

pratyekaṃ ca dadau teṣu dānāni vividhāni tu | tathā'dhaḥ sthāpa yāmāsa sarasvatyabdhisaṃgame

Translation

ആ തീർത്ഥങ്ങളിൽ ഓരോന്നിലും അവൻ നാനാവിധ ദാനങ്ങൾ നൽകി; അതുപോലെ സരസ്വതി‑സമുദ്ര സംഗമത്തിൽ അവൻ അവിടെ പവിത്രസ്ഥാപനവും നടത്തി।

Word by Word

• pratyekam: each/individually
• pratyekam: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pratyeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावार्थे क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial accusative), 'प्रति-एकम्' = प्रत्येकम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• teṣu: in/at those (places)
• teṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• dānāni: gifts/charities
• dānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन

• vividhāni: various
• vividhāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vividha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (dānāni-विशेषण)

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• tathā: thus/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• adhaḥ: below/downwards
• adhaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adhaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• sthāpayāmāsa: caused to be placed/installed
• sthāpayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthāpaya (णिजन्त-धातु from √sthā)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect/परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; causative (णिजन्त)

• sarasvatī-abdhi-saṃgame: at the confluence of Sarasvatī and the ocean
• sarasvatī-abdhi-saṃgame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarasvatī (प्रातिपदिक) + abdhi (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃgama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सarasvatyāḥ abdheḥ saṃgamaḥ)

Speaker

Narrator (Unspecified Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvatī–Abdhi Saṅgama (Prabhāsa) and associated Prābhāsa tīrthas

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At each tīrtha the pilgrim distributes gifts to brāhmaṇas and the needy; finally at the Sarasvatī–ocean confluence he oversees a sacred installation—setting a linga/marker/pillar or establishing a shrine element—amid priests and ritual fire.

Characters & Entities

• Sarasvatī–Ocean Saṅgama
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage matures through generosity; dāna offered at tīrthas strengthens the purificatory fruit of yātrā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī–ocean confluence (sarasvaty-abdhi-saṅgama) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing dāna at each tīrtha and undertaking a sacred establishment/installation at the saṅgama.