Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

गोशतस्य प्रयागे तु सम्यग्दत्तस्य यत्फलम् । तत्फलं लभते मर्त्यः पर्णादित्यस्य दर्शनात्

Transliteration

gośatasya prayāge tu samyagdattasya yatphalam | tatphalaṃ labhate martyaḥ parṇādityasya darśanāt

Translation

പ്രയാഗത്തിൽ നൂറു പശുക്കൾ സമ്യക് ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ ലഭിക്കുന്ന ഫലം ഏതോ, അതേ ഫലം മർത്ത്യൻ പർണാദിത്യ ദർശനമാത്രത്തിൽ നേടുന്നു।

Word by Word

• गोशतस्य: of (the gift of) a hundred cows
• गोशतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो-शत (प्रातिपदिक; गो + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गोणां शतम्) — “of a hundred cows”

• प्रयागे: in Prayāga
• प्रयागे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रयाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Verb-modifier (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• दत्तस्य: of what has been given
• दत्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma/Predicate nominal (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पर्णादित्यस्य: of Parṇāditya
• पर्णादित्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्ण-आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक; पर्ण + आदित्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय-सम्भव (देवनाम)

• दर्शनात्: from seeing; by the sight
• दर्शनात्: Apadana/Hetu (Ablative-cause/अपादान-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (cause/source)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice stating comparative merit)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Parṇāditya (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim stands before Parṇāditya; above, a symbolic tableau shows a hundred cows being gifted at Prayāga—two scenes linked by a radiant thread of merit, implying equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Parṇāditya
• Prayāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A powerful tīrtha-darśana can equal great acts of charity, showing the concentrated sanctity of sacred places.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Parṇāditya at Prabhāsakṣetra; Prayāga is referenced as a benchmark for merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it teaches the merit equivalence of Parṇāditya darśana with go-śata-dāna at Prayāga.