Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

एकं यो भोजयेत्तत्र ब्राह्मणं शंसितव्रतम् । गोप्रचारे महातीर्थे कोटिर्भवतिभोजिता

Transliteration

ekaṃ yo bhojayettatra brāhmaṇaṃ śaṃsitavratam | gopracāre mahātīrthe koṭirbhavatibhojitā

Translation

అక్కడ ప్రశంసిత వ్రతంలో స్థితుడైన ఒక్క బ్రాహ్మణునికైనా భోజనం పెట్టినవాడు, గోప్రచార అనే మహాతీర్థంలో కోటి మందికి భోజనం పెట్టిన ఫలాన్ని పొందుతాడు.

Word by Word

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying brāhmaṇam)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (भुज् धातु; णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (to cause to eat/feed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (there)

• ब्राह्मणम्: a brāhmaṇa
• ब्राह्मणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• शंसितव्रतम्: of praised/commended vows
• शंसितव्रतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śaṃsita-vrata (प्रातिपदिक; समास: शंसित + व्रत)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘शंसित’ (√śaṃs + क्त, praised/commended) + ‘व्रत’ (vow); विशेषण (of brāhmaṇa)

• गोप्रचारे: in Gopracāra (place-name)
• गोप्रचारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go-pracāra (प्रातिपदिक; समास: गो + प्रचारे)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in Gopracāra)

• महातीर्थे: in the great tīrtha
• महातीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā-tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक; समास: महा + तीर्थ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; स्थानवाचक (in the great sacred ford)

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भोजिता: fed (as if fed)
• भोजिता: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (भुज् धातु; क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying koṭiḥ: ‘fed’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gopracāra Mahātīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Gopracāra tīrtha, a pilgrim hosts a single austere brāhmaṇa, serving a leaf-plate meal with water and respectful gestures; the background suggests a sacred bank and a small shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Gopracāra Mahātīrtha
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

At a power-filled tīrtha, even a small act of hospitality becomes vast merit when done with dharmic intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse highlights the Mahātīrtha named Gopracāra within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-dāna/annadāna—feeding a vow-observant Brāhmaṇa at the tīrtha.