Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

प्रतिग्रहनिवृत्तस्य यात्रादशगुणं फलम् । तेन दत्तानि दानानि यज्ञैर्देवाः सुतर्पिताः

Transliteration

pratigrahanivṛttasya yātrādaśaguṇaṃ phalam | tena dattāni dānāni yajñairdevāḥ sutarpitāḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดเว้นจากการรับของกำนัล (ประติครหะ) ผลแห่งการจาริกของผู้นั้นย่อมทวีสิบเท่า และทานที่เขามอบให้ย่อมทำให้เหล่าเทวะอิ่มเอิบพอใจประหนึ่งได้รับการบูชาด้วยยัญญะ

Word by Word

• प्रतिग्रह: acceptance (of gifts)
• प्रतिग्रह: Karma (Object/कर्म) (semantic base within compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रति-ग्रह (धातु √ग्रह् + उपसर्ग प्रति; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे प्रातिपदिक; समासपूर्वपद (अव्ययीभाव/उपपद-समासपूर्वाङ्ग), एकवचन-आधार (compound member)

• निवृत्तस्य: of one who has refrained (from accepting gifts)
• निवृत्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्त (कृदन्त; √वृत्/√वृत्त् + नि; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; समासः: प्रतिग्रह-निवृत्त (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• यात्रा: than a pilgrimage
• यात्रा: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यात्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (यात्रात् इत्यर्थे)

• दशगुणम्: tenfold
• दशगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (दशगुण) विशेषणम्

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• तेन: by that/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दत्तानि: given
• दत्तानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा + क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• यज्ञैः: by sacrifices
• यज्ञैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• सुतर्पिताः: well-satisfied
• सुतर्पिताः: Kriya-visheshana / Predicate adjective (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-तर्पित (कृदन्त; √तृप्/√तर्प् + सु; क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; उपसर्ग/उपपद ‘सु’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Prabhāsa refuses a purse offered as honorarium, then turns to distribute food and cloth to the needy; above, devas receive the offerings as if from a fire-sacrifice, indicating yajña-equivalence and tenfold radiance around the pilgrim’s path.

Characters & Entities

• yātrā (pilgrimage)
• dāna
• yajña
• devāḥ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Renunciation of improper gain elevates pilgrimage; giving (dāna) purifies and pleases the gods like sacrifice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the merit of right conduct during pilgrimage is magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Avoid accepting gifts (pratigrāha) and instead practice dāna; this increases the pilgrimage’s fruit.