Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

दंपती भोज येद्यस्तु पायसैः शर्करादिभिः । गौरीसहस्रभोज्यस्य दत्तस्य फलमाप्नुयात्

Transliteration

daṃpatī bhoja yedyastu pāyasaiḥ śarkarādibhiḥ | gaurīsahasrabhojyasya dattasya phalamāpnuyāt

Translation

Namun sesiapa yang menjamu sepasang suami isteri dengan nasi susu manis, gula dan seumpamanya, memperoleh pahala setara dengan mengadakan jamuan untuk seribu pemuja Dewi Gaurī.

Word by Word

• daṃpatī: the couple (husband and wife)
• daṃpatī: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃpatī (प्रातिपदिक; दम्पती)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (दम्पती-शब्दः), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन; युगलम् (पति-पत्नी)

• bhojayet: should feed
• bhojayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु; causative भोजयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्; णिच्-प्रत्यय (causative)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यः

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrastive particle)

• pāyasaiḥ: with rice-pudding (sweet dishes)
• pāyasaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; साधन/उपकरणे

• śarkarādibhiḥ: with sugar and the like
• śarkarādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarkarā + ādi (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; शर्करा-आदि-समाहारः; साधने

• gaurī-sahasra-bhojyasya: of (the merit of) feeding a thousand (in honor of) Gaurī
• gaurī-sahasra-bhojyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaurī + sahasra + bhojya (प्रातिपदिक-समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘गौरीसहस्रभोज्य’ इति समस्तपदम्—गौर्याः सहस्र-भोज्यस्य (thousand-fold feeding to Gaurī)

• dattasya: of what is given
• dattasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: datta (कृदन्त; दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (फलम्/पुण्यम्)

• phalam: the fruit (result)
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• āpnuyāt: would obtain
• āpnuyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: āp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context likely a Purāṇic narrator continuing the Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devamātā Sarasvatī / Gaurī context

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers sweet rice and sugar-based dishes to a respectfully seated married couple, with the Devī shrine in the background; vessels, banana leaves/plates, and ritual cleanliness are emphasized; the act is framed as Gaurī-dedicated dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Gaurī
• Daṃpatī (married couple)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple hospitality and food-giving, when done devotionally, is magnified into great merit in a sacred kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose Māhātmya this charitable act is praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding (bhojana/annadāna) to a daṃpatī using pāyasa and sugar-based offerings, with the stated phala as equivalent to feeding a thousand in Gaurī’s honor.