Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रासादा यत्र सौवर्णाः शय्या रव्रोज्ज्वलास्तथा । वराश्चाप्सरसो यत्र तत्र गच्छंति गोप्रदाः

Transliteration

prāsādā yatra sauvarṇāḥ śayyā ravrojjvalāstathā | varāścāpsaraso yatra tatra gacchaṃti gopradāḥ

Translation

എവിടെ സ്വർണമയ പ്രാസാദങ്ങളും രത്നപ്രഭയിൽ ദീപ്തമായ ശയ്യകളും ശ്രേഷ്ഠ അപ്സരസ്സുകളും ഉണ്ടോ—അവിടേക്കാണ് ഗോദാനം ചെയ്തവർ എത്തിച്ചേരുന്നത്.

Word by Word

• प्रासादाः: palaces
• प्रासादाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रासाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• सौवर्णाः: golden
• सौवर्णाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying)

• शय्याः: beds
• शय्याः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रव्रोज्ज्वलाः: brightly shining
• रव्रोज्ज्वलाः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रव्र + उज्ज्वल (प्रातिपदिक); रव्र-उज्ज्वल (समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण; (रव्रेण/रव्रवत्) उज्ज्वला इति निर्धारणः

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रकारः—समुच्चय/उपमानार्थ (so, likewise)

• वराः: excellent
• वराः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (apsarasām)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction: and)

• अप्सरसः: apsarases (celestial nymphs)
• अप्सरसः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सम्बन्ध/स्थानवाचक (where)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (there)

• गच्छन्ति: go
• गच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• गोप्रदाः: givers of cows (donors)
• गोप्रदाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक); गो-प्रद (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (गाः प्रददाति इति) गोदानकर्तारः

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A celestial realm: golden palaces, radiant beds, and graceful apsarases welcoming cow-donors arriving in luminous vehicles; below, the earthly act of go-dāna is echoed as the cause.

Characters & Entities

• Apsaras
• Go-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Go-dāna is praised as a high merit-giving act, leading to exalted enjoyments and auspicious worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, presenting charity as aligned with the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is go-dāna (donation of a cow) as a meritorious rite with great fruits.