Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सुदर्शने वरे तीर्थे गोदानं तत्र दापयेत् । सम्यग्यात्राफलप्रेप्सुः सर्वपापविशुद्धये

Transliteration

sudarśane vare tīrthe godānaṃ tatra dāpayet | samyagyātrāphalaprepsuḥ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye

Translation

സുദർശനമെന്ന ശ്രേഷ്ഠ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ, യാത്രയുടെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണ ഫലം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുകയും സർവ്വപാപശുദ്ധി തേടുകയും ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ അവിടെ ഗോദാനം നടത്തിക്കൊള്ളണം।

Word by Word

• sudarśane: in Sudarśana (place/name)
• sudarśane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sudarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

• vare: excellent, best
• vare: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘tīrthe’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place (tīrtha)
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

• godānam: cow-gift (donation of a cow)
• godānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (go-dānam = gift of a cow)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place: there)

• dāpayet: should cause to be given / should give
• dāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) [णिच् causative: dāpayati]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): ‘दापयेत्’ = ‘दद्यात्/दाने प्रवर्तयेत्’

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• yātrāphala-prepsuḥ: one who seeks the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphala-prepsuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā + phala + prepsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (yātrāyāḥ phalam prepsuḥ = one desiring the fruit of pilgrimage)

• sarvapāpa-viśuddhaye: for purification from all sins
• sarvapāpa-viśuddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa + viśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ viśuddhiḥ = purification from all sins); प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sudarśana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred ford named Sudarśana, a pilgrim sponsors go-dāna to a worthy recipient; the tīrtha waters shimmer with a discus-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana (tīrtha)
• Cakratīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when joined with dharmic charity, especially go-dāna, aimed at inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excellent tīrtha called Sudarśana within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Cakratīrtha-related māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing (arranging) go-dāna—donation of a cow—at the tīrtha to gain the full fruit of the yātrā and cleanse sins.