Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

इति दत्त्वाऽशिषस्तस्मै दत्त्वा वासोविभूषणम् । विसृज्य लोमशं सूतं यज्ञकर्माण्यथाचरन्

Transliteration

iti dattvā'śiṣastasmai dattvā vāsovibhūṣaṇam | visṛjya lomaśaṃ sūtaṃ yajñakarmāṇyathācaran

Translation

Demikianlah, setelah mereka mengurniakan berkat kepadanya serta menghadiahkan pakaian dan perhiasan, mereka dengan penuh hormat melepaskan Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta, lalu meneruskan upacara korban suci (yajña) mereka.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• आशिषः: blessings
• आशिषः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), बहुवचन (plural), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), एकवचन (singular), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकाल (prior action)

• वासोविभूषणम्: clothes and ornaments
• वासोविभूषणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् + विभूषण (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative); द्वन्द्व-समास (copulative: 'clothes and ornaments')

• विसृज्य: having dismissed, having sent away
• विसृज्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• लोमशम्: Lomaśa (name of a sage)
• लोमशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोमश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative)

• सूतम्: Sūta (charioteer/bard; here a person)
• सूतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), एकवचन (singular), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative)

• यज्ञकर्माणि: sacrificial rites
• यज्ञकर्माणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), बहुवचन (plural), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive: 'of sacrifice')

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• आचरन्: they performed
• आचरन्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ√चर् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (imperfect/past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing the narrative frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā-māhātmya kathā-samāpti (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Audience of the text (and within frame, the sages’ assembly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages present folded garments and ornaments to Lomaharṣaṇa Sūta; he accepts with humility. Then he departs along a forest path while the sages turn back to the yajña fire and continue rites.

Characters & Entities

• Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
• Ṛṣis
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes gratitude in action—blessings and gifts to the teacher, then returning to ritual duties.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; it depicts the closing courtesies in the narration frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Satkāra and dāna to the reciter (garments/ornaments), followed by continuing yajña-karmas.