Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 53

Devanagari script

यस्ययस्यात्ति पक्वान्नमल्पं वा यदि वा बहु । तीर्थगस्तस्य तस्यार्धं स्नातस्य विनियच्छति

Transliteration

yasyayasyātti pakvānnamalpaṃ vā yadi vā bahu | tīrthagastasya tasyārdhaṃ snātasya viniyacchati

Translation

凡至圣渡而食熟食者，无论多寡，沐浴之后，当留出一半作为供分（供养之份）。

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular; relative

• यस्य: of each (one)
• यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; repetition for distributive sense

• अत्ति: eats
• अत्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; present 3rd sg

• पक्वान्नम्: cooked food
• पक्वान्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्व + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (पक्वम् अन्नम्)

• अल्पम्: little
• अल्पम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with पक्वान्नम्

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle: if)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (or)

• बहु: much
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with पक्वान्नम् (understood)

• तीर्थगः: one who has gone to/ is at the tīrtha
• तीर्थगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (तीर्थं गतः)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; genitive singular

• तस्य: of that (same person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; repetition for emphasis/distribution

• अर्धम्: half
• अर्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular

• स्नातस्य: of the one who has bathed
• स्नातस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'of the bathed one'

• विनियच्छति: allots, assigns, gives over
• विनियच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + नि + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; present 3rd sg

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from section context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a sacred bath, a pilgrim sits with a leaf-plate of cooked rice; he respectfully separates half into another vessel to offer to a brāhmaṇa/poor person near the ghat, with the temple visible in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• tīrtha
• snāna
• pakvānna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is paired with restraint and sharing; one should not consume at a tīrtha without setting aside a rightful portion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-tīrtha is the narrative setting, though the rule is framed as a general tīrtha practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After tīrtha-bathing (snāna), one should allocate half of one’s cooked-food share as a due offering/share (implying dāna/portioning).