Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

लिखित्वा तच्च यो दद्याद्धेमसिंहसमन्वितम् । पौर्णमास्यां प्रौष्ठपद्यां स याति परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

likhitvā tacca yo dadyāddhemasiṃhasamanvitam | paurṇamāsyāṃ prauṣṭhapadyāṃ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

Translation

जो त्या ग्रंथाचे लेखन करून, सुवर्णसिंहासनासहित दान करतो, तो प्रौष्ठपद महिन्याच्या पौर्णिमेला परम गती—श्रेष्ठ आध्यात्मिक अवस्था—प्राप्त करतो.

Word by Word

• लिखित्वा: having written
• लिखित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √लिख् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having written’

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that (text/thing)’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘should give’

• हेमसिंहसमन्वितम्: endowed with a golden lion (figure/ornament)
• हेमसिंहसमन्वितम्: Karma (Object complement/what is given)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हेम + सिंह + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘समन्वित’ = endowed with; तत्पुरुषः ‘हेमसिंहेन समन्वितम्’

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day
• पौर्णमास्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पौर्णमासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक

• प्रौष्ठपद्याम्: in (the full moon of) Proṣṭhapadā
• प्रौष्ठपद्याम्: Adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रौष्ठपदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; नक्षत्र/मास-विशेषणसम्बद्ध-तिथिवाचक (in the Proṣṭhapadā-related full moon)

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

• याति: attains
• याति: Kriyā (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘goes/attains’

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjective of gati)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गतिम् इति विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/goal/destination
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents a freshly written manuscript on a golden lion-throne seat to a learned reciter/temple, under a full moon of Prauṣṭhapada; lamps, conch, and temple banners frame the act.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred giving (dāna), especially of scripture, is presented as a direct cause for attaining the highest spiritual destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, thereby framing the merit of dāna in the sanctity of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate a written sacred text together with a golden lion-seat on Prauṣṭhapada Pūrṇimā.