Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

तस्य दानस्य यत्पुण्यं तदस्माकं प्रजायते । यस्मिन्गृहे सदोच्छिष्टं सदा च कलहो भवेत् । वैश्वदेवविहीने तु तत्र भुंजामहे वयम्

Transliteration

tasya dānasya yatpuṇyaṃ tadasmākaṃ prajāyate | yasmingṛhe sadocchiṣṭaṃ sadā ca kalaho bhavet | vaiśvadevavihīne tu tatra bhuṃjāmahe vayam

Translation

บุญอันเกิดจากทานนั้นย่อมตกเป็นของเรา (เหล่าเปรต) บ้านใดมีเศษอาหารค้างอยู่เสมอ มีการวิวาทไม่ขาด และละเลยการบูชาไวศวเทวะ—ที่นั่นแลเราย่อมกิน

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him / of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• दानस्य: of the gift
• दानस्य: Sambandha (genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karta (as subject with puṇyam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative) विशेषणम् (to puṇyam)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (as subject with implied puṇyam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तद्-प्रत्यय (correlative)

• अस्माकम्: of us
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (genitive: to us)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; प्रथमपुरुष-बहुवचन सर्वनाम

• प्रजायते: arises / accrues
• प्रजायते: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यस्मिन्: in which
• यस्मिन्: Adhikarana (locus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• गृहे: in a house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• उच्छिष्टम्: leftover food / impurity
• उच्छिष्टम्: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्छिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• कलहः: quarrel
• कलहः: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would be / occurs
• भवेत्: Kriya (verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वैश्वदेवविहीने: in (a house) devoid of Vaiśvadeva offering
• वैश्वदेवविहीने: Adhikarana (location qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वैश्वदेव + विहीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (to gṛhe understood)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (location adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• भुञ्जामहे: we partake / eat
• भुञ्जामहे: Kriya (main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• वयम्: we
• वयम्: Karta (subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; प्रथमपुरुष सर्वनाम

Speaker

Pretāḥ

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Householders in the Prabhāsa-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disorderly house with leftover food scattered, family members quarreling, and no Vaiśvadeva offering; pretas sit contentedly consuming the subtle essence, while a neglected altar remains unlit.

Characters & Entities

• Pretāḥ
• Vaiśvadeva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Domestic purity and daily sacred offerings protect merit; disorder, quarrel, and neglect of Vaiśvadeva invite preta-association and loss of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra; the māhātmya uses household-dharma to frame the sanctity expected around sacred geography and rites.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain cleanliness (no perpetual leftovers), cultivate harmony, and perform Vaiśvadeva (daily offering) regularly.