Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

मंत्रेणानेन विप्रेंद्रा दद्यादर्घ्यं विधानतः । ब्राह्मणैः सह संगत्य सदा तत्तीर्थवासिभिः

Transliteration

maṃtreṇānena vipreṃdrā dadyādarghyaṃ vidhānataḥ | brāhmaṇaiḥ saha saṃgatya sadā tattīrthavāsibhiḥ

Translation

Ó melhor entre os brāhmaṇas, com este mesmo mantra deve-se oferecer o arghya conforme a prescrição, sempre na companhia de brāhmaṇas e dos que habitam nesse tīrtha sagrado.

Word by Word

• मन्त्रेण: with (this) mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karaṇa (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (this)

• विप्रेन्द्राः: O lords among brahmins
• विप्रेन्द्राः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), बहुवचन; ‘विप्राणाम् इन्द्राः’

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (Vidhi)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विधानतः: as prescribed
• विधानतः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधानतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: according to rule)

• ब्राह्मणैः: with brahmins
• ब्राह्मणैः: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Saha (Association marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक (preposition-like: with)

• संगत्य: having assembled
• संगत्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्+गम् (धातु) → संगत्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष अव्यय (gerund): ‘having met/assembled’

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla (Temporal adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (always)

• तत्: those
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (those)

• तीर्थवासिभिः: with the residents of that holy place
• तीर्थवासिभिः: Saha (Association)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक) + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘तीर्थे वासिनः’

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, Dvārakā Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha (Gomatī/sea rites)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprendra (addressed: ‘O best of brāhmaṇas’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small group of pilgrims stands with local brāhmaṇas at a ghāṭ; one recites the mantra while offering ārghya, others join with folded hands; the river and sea shimmer behind them.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tīrtha (Gomatī–Samudra context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-worship should be done with scriptural discipline and in holy company, not as a solitary or casual act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Dvārakā region’s tīrtha tradition, especially the Gomatī-related sacred setting described in this Adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering arghya with a specific mantra, following proper vidhi, ideally alongside brāhmaṇas and resident pilgrims/keepers of the tīrtha.