Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

यत्किंचित्कुरुते तत्र दानं क्रीडावगाहनम् । तदनन्तफलं प्राह भगवान्मधुसूदनः

Transliteration

yatkiṃcitkurute tatra dānaṃ krīḍāvagāhanam | tadanantaphalaṃ prāha bhagavānmadhusūdanaḥ

Translation

ไม่ว่าผู้ใดจะกระทำสิ่งใดที่นั่น—ทาน การละเล่น หรือแม้การลงน้ำอาบ—พระผู้เป็นเจ้า มธุสูทนะได้ตรัสว่าให้ผลอันไม่สิ้นสุด

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — relative pronoun

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चित् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — indefinite pronoun (‘something/anything’)

• कुरुते: does
• कुरुते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — ‘does/performs’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय — adverb (‘there/in that place’)

• दानम्: charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — ‘gift/charity’

• क्रीडावगाहनम्: sportive bathing/immersion
• क्रीडावगाहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रीडा + अवगाहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष (क्रीडायाः अवगाहनम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — demonstrative ‘that’

• अनन्तफलम्: having endless fruit/result
• अनन्तफलम्: Karma (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — कर्मधारय (अनन्तं फलम् यस्य/अनन्तं फलम्)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + अह्/ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — ‘said’

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• मधुसूदनः: Madhusūdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• मधुसूदनः: Karta (Apposition to subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधुसूदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (मधुं सूदयति इति)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced: Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā tīrtha waters (Gomatī/associated avagāhana-sthāna)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims joyfully enter the water for a dip; children play at the water’s edge; nearby, a devotee offers alms—above them, an unseen blessing of Madhusūdana is suggested through a radiant aura over the tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Madhusūdana
• Kṛṣṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Dvārakā, intention and location sanctify actions—small acts become sources of immeasurable merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā kṣetra (implicitly including its sacred waters such as the Gomati context in this adhyāya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity) and avagāhana/snān-like immersion are praised as producing anantaphala.