Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

तदष्टादशसाहस्रं ब्रह्मवैवर्तमुच्यते । पुराणं ब्रह्मवैवर्तं यो दद्याद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमे । माघमासे पौर्णमास्यां ब्रह्मलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tadaṣṭādaśasāhasraṃ brahmavaivartamucyate | purāṇaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ yo dadyādbrāhmaṇottame | māghamāse paurṇamāsyāṃ brahmaloke mahīyate

Translation

وہ (متن) اٹھارہ ہزار (اشلوک) پر مشتمل ‘برہما وَیوَرت’ کہلاتا ہے۔ جو شخص ماہِ ماگھ کی پورنیما کو کسی افضل برہمن کو برہما وَیوَرت پران دان کرے، وہ برہما لوک میں معزز کیا جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun used adjectivally = “that”

• aṣṭādaśa-sāhasram: eighteen-thousand (in extent)
• aṣṭādaśa-sāhasram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭādaśa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāhasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; dvigu-compound = “eighteen-thousand (verses/units)”

• brahma-vaivartam: (called) Brahmavaivarta
• brahma-vaivartam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + vaivarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa = “Brahma-vaivarta (name/title)”

• ucyate: is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive) = “is said/called”

• purāṇam: Purāṇa
• purāṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: purāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• brahma-vaivartam: Brahmavaivarta (named)
• brahma-vaivartam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + vaivarta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; used adjectivally qualifying purāṇam

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; relative pronoun = “who(ever)”

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “should give”

• brāhmaṇa-uttame: to/among the best brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇa-uttame: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa = “in/among the best brāhmaṇa(s)” (locative of recipient-context)

• māgha-māse: in the month of Māgha
• māgha-māse: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māgha (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa = “in the month of Māgha”

• paurṇamāsyām: on the full-moon day
• paurṇamāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paurṇamāsī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; “on the full-moon day”

• brahma-loke: in Brahmaloka
• brahma-loke: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahma (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; “in Brahma-loka”

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mah (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग = “is honored/glorified”

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents a richly wrapped Purāṇa volume to an eminent brāhmaṇa on a bright Māgha full-moon day; a temple library shelf and ritual lamps indicate śāstra as sacred offering.

Characters & Entities

• Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa
• Māgha
• Paurṇamāsī
• Brahmaloka
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Giving sacred knowledge (Purāṇa-dāna) is a high dharma that elevates the giver to exalted realms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra is the contextual sacred geography where such month-based observances and gifts are praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate the Brahma-vaivarta Purāṇa to a worthy brāhmaṇa on Māgha full moon (Paurṇamāsī).