Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भक्त्या संपूजयिष्यंति वस्त्रैर्दानैश्च भूरिभिः

Transliteration

bhaktyā saṃpūjayiṣyaṃti vastrairdānaiśca bhūribhiḥ

Translation

भक्त्या ते सम्यक् संपूजयिष्यन्ति, वस्त्रैः बहुभिर्दानैश्च समृद्धैः।

Word by Word

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: with devotion)

• saṃpūjayiṣyanti: they will worship/honor
• saṃpūjayiṣyanti: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + √pūj (पूज्)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• vastraiḥ: with garments
• vastraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण

• dānaiḥ: with gifts
• dānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; करण

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (and)

• bhūribhiḥ: in abundance / many
• bhūribhiḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘vastraiḥ dānaiḥ’ इत्यस्य विशेषण (many/abundant)

Speaker

Pitṛs (continuation; object of worship implied as Bhāgavatas/yatīs mentioned just before)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Dvārakā offer flowers, lamps, and folded garments before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; donors present abundant gifts with bowed heads.

Characters & Entities

• Bhakti
• Vastra (clothing)
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through respectful honoring and generous giving is a praised form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Dvārakā Māhātmya context where such devotional giving is highlighted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra-dāna (donation of clothes) and bhūri-dāna (abundant charity) as part of heartfelt worship/honor.