Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

तेषामेकतमं दानं तीर्थेतीर्थे पृथक्पृथक् । प्रदेयान्येकवारं वा सरस्वत्यब्धि संगमे

Transliteration

teṣāmekatamaṃ dānaṃ tīrthetīrthe pṛthakpṛthak | pradeyānyekavāraṃ vā sarasvatyabdhi saṃgame

Translation

या दानांपैकी एक दान प्रत्येक तीर्थी वेगवेगळे द्यावे; किंवा सरस्वती-समुद्र संगमस्थानी सर्व दाने एकदाच अर्पण करावीत।

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them/of those
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; (genitive plural pronoun)

• एकतमम्: any one (single)
• एकतमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकतम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (neuter accusative singular); 'दानम्' इति विशेषणम् (one of them/any one)

• दानम्: gift/donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (neuter accusative singular)

• तीर्थे: at a sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (neuter locative singular)

• तीर्थे: at (each) sacred place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (neuter locative singular)

• पृथक्: separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, भेद/विभागवाचक (adverb: separately)

• पृथक्: each separately
• पृथक्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोगः (reduplication for emphasis)

• प्रदेयानि: should be given
• प्रदेयानि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु) + अनीय (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (अनीयर्/अनीय), विधेय-भावः; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; (gerundive: 'should be given')

• एकवारम्: once
• एकवारम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adverb
• Root: एक + वार (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणत्वेन (accusative of extent: once)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• सरस्वती: of Sarasvatī (river)
• सरस्वती: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सरस्वती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (feminine genitive singular)

• अब्दि: of the ocean
• अब्दि: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अब्दि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; (masculine genitive singular)

• संगमे: at the confluence
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; (masculine locative singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sarasvaty-abdhi-saṅgama (Prabhāsa)

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim or king stands at the sacred meeting of Sarasvatī and the ocean, with multiple tīrtha-stops marked along the route; offerings are either distributed at each shrine or gathered for a grand single ceremony at the saṅgama.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Sarasvatī
• Ocean (abdhi)
• Sarasvatī–ocean confluence
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma allows flexible modes of meritorious giving—distributed across tīrthas or concentrated at a supremely sacred confluence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sarasvatī–ocean confluence within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate one of the prescribed gifts at each tīrtha, or perform the donations in a single consolidated rite at the Sarasvatī–sea saṅgama.