Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

विद्यातपोभ्यां हीनेन नैव ग्राह्यः प्रतिग्रहः । गृह्णन्प्रदातारमधो नयत्यात्मानमेव च

Transliteration

vidyātapobhyāṃ hīnena naiva grāhyaḥ pratigrahaḥ | gṛhṇanpradātāramadho nayatyātmānameva ca

Translation

缺乏学识与苦行者，切莫受施；因为一旦受取，便使施主堕下，自己亦同堕。

Word by Word

• विद्यातपोभ्याम्: by knowledge and austerity
• विद्यातपोभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या + तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः (विद्या च तपश्च)

• हीनेन: by one devoid (of)
• हीनेन: Kartr-sambandha (Agent-qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; विशेषण (विद्यातपोभ्यां हीनः)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic)

• ग्राह्यः: acceptable/to be accepted
• ग्राह्यः: Vidhaya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्यय (यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (to be accepted)

• प्रतिग्रहः: acceptance (of gifts)
• प्रतिग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• गृह्णन्: accepting (one who takes)
• गृह्णन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) + शतृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तरि; विशेषण (कर्ता)

• प्रदातारम्: the giver
• प्रदातारम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अधः: downwards
• अधः: Gati (Direction/गति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb of direction/downwards)

• नयति: leads
• नयति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नी (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आत्मानम्: himself
• आत्मानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• pratigraha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Receiving charity is itself a dharmic responsibility; unqualified acceptance corrupts both parties and diminishes spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, where purity of giving and receiving is taught as part of the kṣetra’s dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Restriction on pratigraha: only those endowed with learning (vidyā) and austerity (tapas) should accept gifts.