Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

तदेकादशसाहस्रं फाल्गुन्यां यः प्रयच्छति । तिलधेनुसमायुक्तं स याति शिवसात्म्यताम्

Transliteration

tadekādaśasāhasraṃ phālgunyāṃ yaḥ prayacchati | tiladhenusamāyuktaṃ sa yāti śivasātmyatām

Translation

جو فالغُن کے مہینے میں اُس گیارہ ہزار شلوکوں والے متن کو ‘تل دھینو’ کے دان کے ساتھ پیش کرے، وہ شیو کے ساتھ یگانگت—شیو سَاتمیَتا—کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

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

• phālgunyām: in Phālguna (time)
• phālgunyām: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phālgunī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; “in (the month/day) Phālgunī/Phālguna” (locative time)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• prayacchati: gives
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “gives/bestows”

• tila-dhenu-samāyuktam: accompanied by a tiladhenu (sesame-cow gift)
• tila-dhenu-samāyuktam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक) + dhenu (प्रातिपदिक) + samāyukta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; sam-ā-√yuj)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः = “accompanied with a sesame-cow (tiladhenu)” (qualifying the gift)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; demonstrative = “he”

• yāti: attains
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद = “goes/attains”

• śiva-sātmyatām: Śiva-identity (union with Śiva)
• śiva-sātmyatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + sātmyatā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; tatpuruṣa = “identity/assimilation with Śiva”

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattamāḥ / sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a bound manuscript (eleven-thousand-verse text) along with a ceremonial tiladhenu to a brāhmaṇa; Śiva’s presence is suggested as a luminous liṅga or benevolent form granting sātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna
• Tila-dhenu
• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with devotion, especially linked to sacred texts and prescribed gifts, leads toward Śiva-realization.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where such dānas are extolled as part of the kṣetra’s dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Phālguna, donate the referenced eleven-thousand-verse text along with a tila-dhenu (sesame-cow) gift.