Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

क्षत्रियैः क्षत्रधर्मज्ञैर्वैश्यैर्दानपरायणैः । सह शूद्रैः समायातस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे गजो नृपः

Transliteration

kṣatriyaiḥ kṣatradharmajñairvaiśyairdānaparāyaṇaiḥ | saha śūdraiḥ samāyātastasmiṃstīrthe gajo nṛpaḥ

Translation

ക്ഷത്രധർമ്മം അറിയുന്ന ക്ഷത്രിയരും ദാനപരായണരായ വൈശ്യരും ശൂദ്രരുമൊത്ത് രാജാവ് ഗജൻ ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ ഒരുമിച്ച് എത്തി।

Word by Word

• kṣatriyaiḥ: with Kṣatriyas
• kṣatriyaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• kṣatradharmajñaiḥ: knowers of kṣatriya-duty
• kṣatradharmajñaiḥ: Sahakari (Qualifier of accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (kṣatriyaiḥ); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (क्षत्रधर्मस्य ज्ञाः)

• vaiśyaiḥ: with Vaiśyas
• vaiśyaiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• dānaparāyaṇaiḥ: devoted to giving
• dānaparāyaṇaiḥ: Sahakari (Qualifier of accompaniment)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण (vaiśyaiḥ); तत्पुरुष (दान-परायण = दाने परायणाः)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahartha (With/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable)

• śūdraiḥ: with Śūdras
• śūdraiḥ: Sahakari (Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūdra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• samāyātaḥ: having come together; arrived
• samāyātaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) + yā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

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

• gajaḥ: Gaja (name)
• gajaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• nṛpaḥ: the king
• nṛpaḥ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to gajaḥ

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; narrative description)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal procession led by King Gaja arrives at a sacred ford/kshetra: kṣatriya guards with banners, vaiśya donors carrying gift baskets, śūdra attendants with supplies; in the background a tīrtha landscape with shrine and waterbody, pilgrims assembling in reverent order.

Characters & Entities

• Gaja (King)
• Kṣatriyas
• Vaiśyas
• Śūdras
• Tīrtha (Vastrāpatha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-yātrā unites society in dharma: each group contributes through its proper virtues—duty, charity, and service.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

That tīrtha in the Vastrāpatha context of Prabhāsa (Vastrāpatha-kṣetra).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pilgrimage/assembly at the tīrtha, highlighting dāna (charity) and dharma-aligned participation.