Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

वस्त्रापथे मतिर्येषां भवे येषां मतिः स्थिरा । गोदानं तत्र शंसंति ब्राह्मणानां च भोजनम् । पिंडदानं च तत्रैव कल्पांतं तृप्तिमा वहेत्

Transliteration

vastrāpathe matiryeṣāṃ bhave yeṣāṃ matiḥ sthirā | godānaṃ tatra śaṃsaṃti brāhmaṇānāṃ ca bhojanam | piṃḍadānaṃ ca tatraiva kalpāṃtaṃ tṛptimā vahet

Translation

ผู้ใดมีจิตตั้งมั่นที่วัสตราปถะ และมีศรัทธาต่อภวะมั่นคง ที่นั่นยกย่องการถวายโคทานและการเลี้ยงภัตตาหารแก่พราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย และการถวายปิณฑทาน ณ ที่นั้นย่อมนำความอิ่มเอมไปจนสิ้นกัลป์

Word by Word

• वस्त्रापथे: in Vastrāpatha
• वस्त्रापथे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + पथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वस्त्रस्य पथः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• मतिः: mind, intention
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक

• भवे: in Bhava (Śiva) / in devotion to Bhava
• भवे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• मतिः: mind, devotion
• मतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्थिरा: steady
• स्थिरा: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्थिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (मतिः)

• गोदानम्: gift of a cow
• गोदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—गवां दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• शंसन्ति: praise, commend
• शंसन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदी

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• भोजनम्: feeding, meal (for Brahmins)
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पिण्डदानम्: offering of piṇḍa (funeral oblation)
• पिण्डदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—पिण्डस्य दानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (only/indeed)

• कल्पान्तम्: until the end of an aeon
• कल्पान्तम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time extent/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कल्पस्य अन्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष); कालपर्यन्तवाचक

• तृप्तिम्: satisfaction, contentment
• तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आ: up to, fully
• आ: Sambandha (Preverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपसर्ग-सदृश (preverb/adverb) ‘up to/fully’

• वहेत्: would bring/carry
• वहेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदी

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varavarṇinī (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Vastrāpatha offer a cow in donation, feed brāhmaṇas under a pavilion, and perform piṇḍa offerings near a sacred spot, with Śiva’s shrine in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha
• Bhava (Śiva)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Piṇḍa-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady devotion expressed through dāna and service (feeding the learned) becomes especially potent when performed in a praised kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, connected with Bhava (Śiva) and meritorious rites such as dāna and piṇḍa offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (cow-gift), brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas), and piṇḍa-dāna (śrāddha-style offerings) performed at Vastrāpatha.