Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

दधि प्रदद्याद्योऽपीह ब्राह्मणाय मनोरमम् । सोऽप्यग्निलोकमासाद्य भुंक्ते भोगान्सुशोभनान्

Transliteration

dadhi pradadyādyo'pīha brāhmaṇāya manoramam | so'pyagnilokamāsādya bhuṃkte bhogānsuśobhanān

Translation

جو کوئی یہاں (پربھاس میں) کسی برہمن کو خوش ذائقہ دہی دان کرے، وہ بھی اگنی لوک کو پا کر نہایت خوبصورت اور مبارک نعمتوں سے بہرہ مند ہوتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• dadhi: curd; yogurt
• dadhi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• pradadyāt: should give; may give
• pradadyāt: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; ‘प्रदद्याद्’ (sandhi form)

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

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘even/also’)

• iha: here (in this place)
• iha: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक/adverb of place)

• brāhmaṇāya: to a brāhmaṇa
• brāhmaṇāya: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Dative, Singular)

• manoramam: delightful; pleasing
• manoramam: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: manorama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘dadhi’)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अपि = ‘also’)

• agni-lokaṃ: Agni-world
• agni-lokaṃ: Karma (Destination as object/गन्तव्य-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: अग्नेः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund): ‘आसाद्य’ = ‘प्राप्य/after reaching’

• bhuṅkte: he enjoys; he partakes
• bhuṅkte: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• bhogān: enjoyments; pleasures
• bhogān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• su-śobhanān: very splendid
• su-śobhanān: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सुशोभन = अतिशयेन शोभन), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘bhogān’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style in Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers a decorated pot of curd to a serene brāhmaṇa near the Prabhāsa shore/temple precinct; Agni’s radiant realm appears above as a fiery-golden mandala.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Brāhmaṇa
• Prabhāsa (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple gifts offered with sacred intent at a tīrtha become powerful causes of higher worlds and refined merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dadhi-dāna—offering curd to a brāhmaṇa as an act of merit at Prabhāsa.