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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

एकं यो भोजयेत्तत्र ब्राह्मणं शंसितव्रतम् । गोप्रचारे महातीर्थे कोटिर्भवतिभोजिता

Transliteration

ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam | gopracāre mahātīrthe koṭirbhavatibhojitā

Translation

അവിടെ പ്രശംസിതവ്രതത്തിൽ നിലകൊള്ളുന്ന ഒരൊറ്റ ബ്രാഹ്മണനെയെങ്കിലും ഭോജനിപ്പിക്കുന്നവന്‍, ഗോപ്രചാര എന്ന മഹാതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ കോടി പേരെ ഭോജനിപ്പിച്ചതിന് തുല്യമായ ഫലം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word
एकम्one
एकम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rooteka (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying brāhmaṇam)
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)
भोजयेत्should feed
भोजयेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhuj (भुज् धातु; णिच् causative)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (to cause to eat/feed)
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, देशवाचक (there)
ब्राह्मणम्a brāhmaṇa
ब्राह्मणम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootbrāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
शंसितव्रतम्of praised/commended vows
शंसितव्रतम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootśaṃsita-vrata (प्रातिपदिक; समास: शंसित + व्रत)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘शंसित’ (√śaṃs + क्त, praised/commended) + ‘व्रत’ (vow); विशेषण (of brāhmaṇa)
गोप्रचारेin Gopracāra (place-name)
गोप्रचारे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootgo-pracāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास: गो + प्रचारे)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in Gopracāra)
महातीर्थेin the great tīrtha
महातीर्थे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootmahā-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; समास: महा + तीर्थ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in the great sacred ford)
कोटिःa crore (ten million)
कोटिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkoṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
भवतिbecomes/is
भवति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
भोजिताfed (as if fed)
भोजिता:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Root√bhuj (भुज् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying koṭiḥ: ‘fed’)
Speaker

Skanda (deduced; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopracāra Mahātīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Gopracāra tīrtha, a pilgrim hosts a single austere brāhmaṇa, serving a leaf-plate meal with water and respectful gestures; the background suggests a sacred bank and a small shrine.

Characters & Entities
G
Gopracāra Mahātīrtha
B
Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

At a power-filled tīrtha, even a small act of hospitality becomes vast merit when done with dharmic intent.

The verse highlights the Mahātīrtha named Gopracāra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

Bhojana-dāna/annadāna—feeding a vow-observant Brāhmaṇa at the tīrtha.

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