Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
Devanagari script
गोदानं तत्र देयं तु सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः
Transliteration
godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ
Translation
ଯେମାନେ ତୀର୍ଥଯାତ୍ରାର ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଫଳ ଚାହାନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ସେଠାରେ ନିଶ୍ଚୟ ଗୋଦାନ କରିବା ଉଚିତ।
Word by Word
go-dānamgift of a cow (cow-donation)
go-dānam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootgo (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गवां दानम्)
tatrathere
tatra:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
deyamshould be given
deyam:
Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√dā (धातु)
Formकृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्) क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be given)
tuindeed/and (emphatic)
tu:
Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottu (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (adversative/emphatic particle)
samyak-yātrā-phala-ipsubhiḥby those desiring the proper fruit of the pilgrimage
samyak-yātrā-phala-ipsubhiḥ:
Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsamyak (अव्यय) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + ipsu (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-सम्बन्धे), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सम्यक्-यात्रा-फलम् इच्छन्ति ये)
Speaker
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers a decorated cow with a calf to a learned brāhmaṇa near a temple precinct; the sea-breeze and sacred banners frame the act of dāna as the culmination of yātrā.
Characters & Entities
G
GodānaY
Yātrā (pilgrimage)FAQs
Pilgrimage is perfected by generosity; dāna completes the devotee’s rite and seals the yātrā’s merit.
Prabhāsakṣetra—specifically the ‘tatra’ context of the sacred locus described in this adhyāya.
Godāna (donation of a cow) at the site for those seeking the complete fruit of pilgrimage.