Shloka 22 - Adhyaya 208 - Prabhasa Kshetra Mahatmya - Prabhasa Khanda | Sanskrit | Vedapath

Vyasa

Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

शतं सहस्रगुर्दद्यात्सर्वे समफलाः स्मृताः । सुशीला सोमसंपन्ना तरुणी च पयस्विनी । सवत्सा न्यायलब्धा च प्रदेया ब्राह्मणाय गौः

Transliteration

śataṃ sahasragurdadyātsarve samaphalāḥ smṛtāḥ | suśīlā somasaṃpannā taruṇī ca payasvinī | savatsā nyāyalabdhā ca pradeyā brāhmaṇāya gauḥ

Translation

शतगुर्दद्यात् सहस्रगुर्दद्यात्—सर्वे समफलाः स्मृताः। सुशीला सोमसंपन्ना तरुणी पयस्विनी, सवत्सा न्यायलब्धा गौर्ब्राह्मणाय प्रदेया॥

Word by Word

शतम्a hundred

सहस्रगुः(merit equal to) a thousand cows

दद्यात्should give

सर्वेall (these)

समफलाःof equal result

स्मृताःare said/considered

सुशीलाwell-behaved

सोमसंपन्नाprovided with soma (i.e., well-fed/healthy)

तरुणीyoung

चand

पयस्विनीmilk-yielding

सवत्साwith a calf

न्यायलब्धाobtained lawfully

चand

प्रदेयाto be given

ब्राह्मणायto a Brahmin

गौःthe cow

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Maheśvarī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa examines and blesses a young, well-nourished, milk-giving cow with her calf; the donor stands with folded hands, indicating lawful, respectful transfer; Prabhāsa shrine landscape behind.

Characters & Entities

Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The purity of means (lawful acquisition) and the suitability of the gift are central; dharma values integrity over mere magnitude.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such dharmic standards for go-dāna are taught as part of its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give a healthy, young, milk-yielding cow with calf, lawfully obtained, to a brāhmaṇa; dāna may include large dakṣiṇā (hundredfold/thousandfold).