Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

गोदानं तत्र देयं तु सम्यग्यात्राफलेप्सुभिः

Transliteration

godānaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu samyagyātrāphalepsubhiḥ

Translation

جو لوگ یاترا کا پورا پھل چاہتے ہیں، اُنہیں وہاں یقیناً گودان، یعنی گائے کا مقدّس دان، ٹھیک طریقے سے دینا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• go-dānam: gift of a cow (cow-donation)
• go-dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गवां दानम्)

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

• deyam: should be given
• deyam: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्) क्तव्य/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विधेय (to be given)

• tu: indeed/and (emphatic)
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• samyak-yātrā-phala-ipsubhiḥ: by those desiring the proper fruit of the pilgrimage
• samyak-yātrā-phala-ipsubhiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samyak (अव्यय) + yātrā (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक) + ipsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्ता-सम्बन्धे), बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (सम्यक्-यात्रा-फलम् इच्छन्ति ये)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Prabhāsa offers a decorated cow with a calf to a learned brāhmaṇa near a temple precinct; the sea-breeze and sacred banners frame the act of dāna as the culmination of yātrā.

Characters & Entities

• Godāna
• Yātrā (pilgrimage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is perfected by generosity; dāna completes the devotee’s rite and seals the yātrā’s merit.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra—specifically the ‘tatra’ context of the sacred locus described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Godāna (donation of a cow) at the site for those seeking the complete fruit of pilgrimage.