Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

एवं प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य गोष्पदं तीर्थमुत्तमम् । विप्रेभ्यो दक्षिणां दत्त्वा नद्यां पिंडान्विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya goṣpadaṃ tīrthamuttamam | viprebhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dattvā nadyāṃ piṃḍānvisarjayet

Translation

ครั้นแล้วเวียนประทักษิณาโคษปทะ ทีรถะอันประเสริฐ และถวายทักษิณาแก่พราหมณ์แล้ว พึงลอยปิณฑะลงสู่สายน้ำ

Word by Word

• एवं: thus
• एवं: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार-वाचक

• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: having circumambulated
• प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दक्षिणी + कृ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य’ = having circumambulated

• गोष्पदम्: Goṣpada (place/tīrtha)
• गोष्पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोष्पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तीर्थम्: tīrtha
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘गोष्पदम्’ इत्यस्य समनाधिकरणम्

• उत्तमम्: excellent
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘तीर्थम्’)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन (dative)

• दक्षिणाम्: gift/fee (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); having given

• नद्याम्: in the river
• नद्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नदी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative)

• पिंडान्: piṇḍas (rice-balls)
• पिंडान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विसर्जयेत्: should release/immerse
• विसर्जयेत्: Kriya (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Goṣpada tīrtha (Guptagayā)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the riverbank of Goṣpada, the pilgrim circumambulates the tīrtha marker, then offers dakṣiṇā to seated brāhmaṇas; finally he releases piṇḍas into the current with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Goṣpada Tīrtha
• Brāhmaṇas
• River (nadī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual completion includes reverence (pradakṣiṇā), gratitude to teachers (dakṣiṇā to Brāhmaṇas), and proper closure of offerings (piṇḍa immersion).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Goṣpada Tīrtha in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Circumambulate the tīrtha, give dakṣiṇā to Brāhmaṇas, and immerse/release the piṇḍas into the river.