Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 133

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयामास स्वयमेवौषधीपतिः । ददौ सर्वं तदा तेषां प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनाम्

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānbhojayāmāsa svayamevauṣadhīpatiḥ | dadau sarvaṃ tadā teṣāṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinām

Translation

അപ്പോൾ ഔഷധിപതി സ്വയം ബ്രാഹ്മണന്മാർക്ക് ഭോജനം നൽകി, പ്രഭാസക്ഷേത്രവാസികൾക്ക് അന്നേരം എല്ലാം ദാനമായി നൽകി.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• भोजयामास: caused to eat / fed
• भोजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) + णिच् (प्रयोजक)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिजन्त (causative)

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Karta (Agent-modifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/कर्तृ-विशेषणार्थे (by oneself)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis/only)

• औषधीपतिः: lord of herbs (the Moon)
• औषधीपतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषधी + पति (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (औषधीनां पतिः)

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kala (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (then)

• तेषाम्: of them / to them
• तेषाम्: Sampradana/Adhikara (Recipient-possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (genitive plural)

• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनाम्: of the residents of the Prabhāsa sacred field
• प्रभासक्षेत्रवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभास-क्षेत्र + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक); समास
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (वासिन्-शब्द), षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (प्रभासक्षेत्रे वासिनः)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Soma, ‘Lord of Herbs’, personally serves a feast to brāhmaṇas seated in rows; vessels of rice, ghee, and herbal preparations; kṣetra residents receive gifts nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Auṣadhīpati
• Brāhmaṇas
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a tīrtha, dharma expresses itself as service—especially feeding and supporting brāhmaṇas and the local sacred community.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where generosity toward residents and brāhmaṇas is portrayed as a hallmark of the place’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana/annadāna—feeding brāhmaṇas—is explicitly described as the righteous act.