Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

दंपत्योः परिधानं च तत्र देयं सदक्षिणम् । यश्चैतत्पठते नित्यं तृतीयायां विशेषतः । पार्वत्याः पुरतो देवि स सौभाग्यमवाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

daṃpatyoḥ paridhānaṃ ca tatra deyaṃ sadakṣiṇam | yaścaitatpaṭhate nityaṃ tṛtīyāyāṃ viśeṣataḥ | pārvatyāḥ purato devi sa saubhāgyamavāpnuyāt

Translation

അവിടെ ദമ്പതികൾക്കായി വസ്ത്രദാനം യഥോചിത ദക്ഷിണയോടുകൂടെ നൽകണം. ഇതിനെ നിത്യമായി പാരായണം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ—പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് തൃതീയാ തിഥിയിൽ—ഹേ ദേവി, പാർവതിയുടെ സന്നിധിയിൽ, സൗഭാഗ്യം പ്രാപിക്കും।

Word by Word

• दंपत्योः: of the couple (husband and wife)
• दंपत्योः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• परिधानम्: garment; clothing
• परिधानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परिधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (वाक्ये कर्मरूपेण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक)

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + यत् (कृत्-प्रत्यय) → देय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण: ‘to be given’

• सदक्षिणम्: together with a fee (dakṣiṇā)
• सदक्षिणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘with dakṣiṇā (fee)’

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• एतत्: this (text/act)
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• पठते: recites/reads
• पठते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• नित्यम्: daily; always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण)

• तृतीयायाम्: on the third (lunar day)
• तृतीयायाम्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; (तिथिवाचक)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकार/विशेषणार्थे क्रियाविशेषण)

• पार्वत्याः: of Pārvatī
• पार्वत्याः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• पुरतः: in front of
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (उपसर्गार्थक/देशवाचक), ‘in front of’

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narratorial voice addressing Devī (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Devī-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī is directly addressed (‘devi’) while also instructing the pilgrim audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In front of a Pārvatī shrine, devotees present folded garments for a husband and wife along with dakṣiṇā; a reader recites the māhātmya on tṛtīyā; lamps, flowers, and red cloth offerings frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity (dāna) performed with dakṣiṇā and devotional recitation before the Goddess is said to confer auspicious fortune (saubhāgya).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Gaurī-tapovana/Prabhāsa Kṣetra setting where Pārvatī is worshipped and vows like tṛtīyā-recitation are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give garments for a couple with dakṣiṇā; recite this passage regularly, especially on tṛtīyā, before Pārvatī.