Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

एवं शप्त्वा तदा विप्रावन्यस्मै गां प्रदाय तौ । क्षुधितौ खेदसंयुक्तौ स्वगृहं गन्तुमुद्यतौ

Transliteration

evaṃ śaptvā tadā viprāvanyasmai gāṃ pradāya tau | kṣudhitau khedasaṃyuktau svagṛhaṃ gantumudyatau

Translation

ครั้นสาปดังนี้แล้ว พราหมณ์ทั้งสองก็มอบโคให้แก่ผู้อื่น ครั้นหิวโหยและอ่อนล้า จึงออกเดินทางกลับเรือนของตน

Word by Word

• evaṃ: thus
• evaṃ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evaṃ (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• śaptvā: having cursed
• śaptvā: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śap (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया; ‘having cursed’

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• viprau: the two brāhmaṇas
• viprau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन

• anyasmai: to another (person)
• anyasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; विशेषण-प्रयोग

• gām: a cow
• gām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• pradāya: having given
• pradāya: Kriya (Non-finite action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• tau: those two
• tau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन

• kṣudhitau: hungry
• kṣudhitau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣudhita (प्रातिपदिक; √kṣudh + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participial adjective)

• khedasaṃyuktau: afflicted with weariness
• khedasaṃyuktau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kheda (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃyukta (प्रातिपदिक; sam√yuj + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (kheda-samyukta = ‘joined with fatigue’)

• svagṛham: to (their) own house
• svagṛham: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (sva-gṛha = ‘own house’)

• gantum: to go
• gantum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), प्रयोजनार्थ ‘to go’

• udyatau: ready/intending
• udyatau: Karta (Qualifier of subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: udyata (प्रातिपदिक; ud√yam + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण ‘ready/intent’

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in the Dvārakā Māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After cursing, the two brāhmaṇas hand over a cow to another recipient; they look tired and hungry, then begin their journey home, walking away from Dvārakā’s palace with the sea breeze behind them.

Characters & Entities

• two brāhmaṇas
• cow (dāna context)
• Nṛga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna must be handled with clarity and justice; unresolved disputes around gifts can become causes of sin and suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā is the sacred narrative frame in which this dharma-episode is recounted.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (gift of a cow) appears as the relevant charitable act, central to the dispute’s aftermath.