Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

सुदर्शने वरे तीर्थे गोदानं तत्र दापयेत् । सम्यग्यात्राफलप्रेप्सुः सर्वपापविशुद्धये

Transliteration

sudarśane vare tīrthe godānaṃ tatra dāpayet | samyagyātrāphalaprepsuḥ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye

Translation

سُدرشن نامی اُس بہترین تیرتھ پر، جو شخص یاترا کا پورا پھل چاہے اور تمام گناہوں سے پاکیزگی کا آرزو مند ہو، اسے وہاں گائے کا دان (گودان) کرانا چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• sudarśane: in Sudarśana (place/name)
• sudarśane: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sudarśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

• vare: excellent, best
• vare: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘tīrthe’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford/place (tīrtha)
• tīrthe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; स्थानाधिकरण

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

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

• dāpayet: should cause to be given / should give
• dāpayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) [णिच् causative: dāpayati]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative): ‘दापयेत्’ = ‘दद्यात्/दाने प्रवर्तयेत्’

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: properly)

• yātrāphala-prepsuḥ: one who seeks the fruit of the pilgrimage
• yātrāphala-prepsuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā + phala + prepsu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (yātrāyāḥ phalam prepsuḥ = one desiring the fruit of pilgrimage)

• sarvapāpa-viśuddhaye: for purification from all sins
• sarvapāpa-viśuddhaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva + pāpa + viśuddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (sarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ viśuddhiḥ = purification from all sins); प्रयोजन-चतुर्थी

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sudarśana-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a sacred ford named Sudarśana, a pilgrim sponsors go-dāna to a worthy recipient; the tīrtha waters shimmer with a discus-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sudarśana (tīrtha)
• Cakratīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage becomes spiritually complete when joined with dharmic charity, especially go-dāna, aimed at inner purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The excellent tīrtha called Sudarśana within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Cakratīrtha-related māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performing (arranging) go-dāna—donation of a cow—at the tīrtha to gain the full fruit of the yātrā and cleanse sins.