Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 111

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि हुत्वा हविर्हुताशने । अग्निष्टोमादिकान्यज्ञान्हयमेधादिकान्बहून् । चकार विधिवद्राजा गजस्तत्र समाहितः

Transliteration

dattvā dānānyanekāni hutvā havirhutāśane | agniṣṭomādikānyajñānhayamedhādikānbahūn | cakāra vidhivadrājā gajastatra samāhitaḥ

Translation

ครั้นถวายทานนานาประการ และบูชาฮวิสลงในไฟยัญแล้ว พระราชาคชะผู้ตั้งจิตมั่น ณ สถานศักดิ์สิทธิ์นั้น ได้ประกอบยัญมากมายตามพิธี เช่น อัคนิษโฏมะ และอื่น ๆ รวมทั้งอัศวเมธะด้วย

Word by Word

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• dānāni: gifts
• dānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• anekāni: many
• anekāni: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (dānāni)

• hutvā: having offered (in fire)
• hutvā: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• haviḥ: oblation
• haviḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: havis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• hutāśane: in the fire (Agni)
• hutāśane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hutāśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• agniṣṭomādikān: Agniṣṭoma and other (sacrifices)
• agniṣṭomādikān: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agniṣṭoma (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (yajñān); तत्पुरुष (अग्निष्टोम-आदि = अग्निष्टोमप्रभृतीन्)

• yajñān: sacrifices
• yajñān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• hayamedhādikān: Aśvamedha and other (sacrifices)
• hayamedhādikān: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hayamedha (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (yajñān); तत्पुरुष (हयमेध-आदि)

• bahūn: many
• bahūn: Karma (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (yajñān)

• cakāra: performed; did
• cakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• vidhivat: according to rule
• vidhivat: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘-वत्’ (in the manner of)

• rājā: the king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन

• gajaḥ: Gaja
• gajaḥ: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; apposition to rājā

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• samāhitaḥ: composed; concentrated
• samāhitaḥ: Karta (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā- (उपसर्ग) + dhā (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (rājā/gajaḥ)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic narrative style in Māhātmya sections)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacrificial arena at the tīrtha: three sacred fires, priests chanting, King Gaja offering ghee with a ladle; piles of gifts—cows, gold, cloth—arranged for donation; banners and a horse symbolizing Aśvamedha in the background; the king’s face calm and focused.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Agniṣṭoma
• Aśvamedha
• King Gaja
• Vastrāpathakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit at a holy kṣetra is intensified through disciplined charity and Vedic sacrifice performed with a steady, focused mind.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpathakṣetra, praised within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa as a powerful field for ritual merit and spiritual attainment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (gifts/charity) and homa (oblations into fire), along with major śrauta yajñas such as Agniṣṭoma and Aśvamedha, performed vidhivat (per scriptural rule).