Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

दद्याद्विप्रं समभ्यर्च्य वस्त्रालंकारभूषणैः । सप्तधान्ययुतां दद्याद्विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति

Transliteration

dadyādvipraṃ samabhyarcya vastrālaṃkārabhūṣaṇaiḥ | saptadhānyayutāṃ dadyādviṣṇurme prīyatāmiti

Translation

Pagkatapos parangalan nang may paggalang ang isang Brahmin sa pamamagitan ng kasuotan, alahas at palamuti, maghandog ng kaloob na may kasamang pitong uri ng butil, na nagsasabi: “Nawa’y malugod sa akin si Viṣṇu.”

Word by Word

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• vipram: a Brahmin
• vipram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्

• samabhyarcya: having honoured
• samabhyarcya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-√arc (अर्च् धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) = ‘having duly worshipped/honoured’

• vastra-alaṃkāra-bhūṣaṇaiḥ: with clothes, ornaments, and adornments
• vastra-alaṃkāra-bhūṣaṇaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + alaṃkāra (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः; तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/करण), बहुवचनम्; द्वन्द्वसमासः (copulative)

• sapta-dhānya-yutām: endowed with seven (measures/types of) grains
• sapta-dhānya-yutām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक) + yutā (कृदन्त; √yuj युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः; द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (possessing seven kinds/measure of grain); विशेषणम् (qualifying an implied ‘dakṣiṇām/śayyām/vastrādi-dakṣiṇām’ gift)

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः; प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• me: my/to me
• me: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी-विभक्तिः (Genitive/सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्; enclitic form

• prīyatām: may (he) be pleased
• prīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √prī (प्री धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/आज्ञा), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; भावे/आशीर्लिङ्गसदृश प्रयोगः = ‘may (he) be pleased’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor ceremonially honors a brāhmaṇa with folded cloth, ornaments, and a tray of seven grains; the donor’s lips form the dedication to Viṣṇu, with a small Viṣṇu emblem or temple banner nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with reverence and dedicated to Viṣṇu becomes an act of devotion that completes tīrtha-based dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā’s sacred setting, especially the Gomatī tīrtha context of the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Honor a Brahmin with clothing/ornaments and give sapta-dhānya dāna, dedicating the act to Viṣṇu’s pleasure.