Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

यो दद्यात्तु व्यतीपात ऊर्णायुगसमन्वितम् । राजसूयसहस्रस्य फलमाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

yo dadyāttu vyatīpāta ūrṇāyugasamanvitam | rājasūyasahasrasya phalamāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

ਪਰ ਜੋ ਮਨੁੱਖ ਵ੍ਯਤੀਪਾਤ ਦੇ ਸਮੇਂ ਉੱਨ ਦੇ ਜੋੜੇ ਵਸਤ੍ਰਾਂ ਸਮੇਤ ਦਾਨ ਕਰੇ, ਉਹ ਹਜ਼ਾਰ ਰਾਜਸੂਯ ਯਜਨਾਂ ਦੇ ਫਲ ਦੇ ਸਮਾਨ ਪੁੰਨ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਦਾ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• यः: who (whoever)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• व्यतीपाते: on the Vyatīpāta (astronomical conjunction)
• व्यतीपाते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ऊर्णा-युग-समन्वितम्: accompanied with a pair of woolen (items)
• ऊर्णा-युग-समन्वितम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊर्णा (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• राजसूय-सहस्रस्य: of a thousand Rājasūya (sacrifices)
• राजसूय-सहस्रस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक) + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man/person
• मानवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A winter-toned ritual scene: under a sky marked by auspicious conjunction, a donor presents two woolen garments to a brāhmaṇa near the Somnātha precinct; priests announce Vyatīpāta; lamps flicker in sea wind.

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta
• Rājasūya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Small, timely charity can carry immense spiritual potency—outweighing even grand royal sacrifices—when aligned with sacred time and intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, situating these dāna-fruits within the sanctified horizon of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charity at Vyatīpāta, specifically giving with a ‘pair of woolen garments’ (ūrṇā-yuga).