Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

वृषस्तत्रैव दातव्यः सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

vṛṣastatraiva dātavyaḥ samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

யாத்திரையின் முழுப் பலனை விரும்புவோர் அங்கேயே ஒரு காளையை தானமாக அளிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• vṛṣaḥ: a bull
• vṛṣaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Nipata (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• dātavyaḥ: should be given
• dātavyaḥ: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (vṛṣaḥ इति)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (properly)

• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: by those desiring the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphalepsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā-phala + ipsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यात्रायाः फलम्) + इच्छार्थक 'ipsu' (desirous); कर्तृवाचक-समूह

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (context of Pratyūṣeśvara worship)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa present a decorated bull to a worthy recipient; the bull is garlanded, with a tilaka on its forehead, and the sea-temple landscape frames the act of charity.

Characters & Entities

• Pratyūṣeśvara
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by dharmic giving; charity completes sacred travel with tangible merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (contextually, the Pratyūṣeśvara precinct).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vṛṣa-dāna—donation of a bull at the site to secure the proper fruit of yātrā.