Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ददतामक्षयं सर्वं यमहास्ये न संशयः । अमावास्यां जितक्रोधो यस्तु पूजयते द्विजान्

Transliteration

dadatāmakṣayaṃ sarvaṃ yamahāsye na saṃśayaḥ | amāvāsyāṃ jitakrodho yastu pūjayate dvijān

Translation

لِمَن يُعطي يصير كلُّ الثواب غيرَ نافد عند عتبة يَما نفسها، ولا شكّ في ذلك. وفي يوم أَمَاوَاسْيَا (المحاق)، من قهر غضبه وكرّم وعبد الـ«دْفِيجا» (المولودين مرتين، البراهمة) نال ثمرة لا تخيب.

Word by Word

• ददताम्: let (them) give
• ददताम्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘let them give’

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सर्वम्’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘everything’ (object of ददताम्)

• यमहास्ये: in/at Yama’s laughter (i.e., in the realm of Yama)
• यमहास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + हास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘यमस्य हास्यम्’ — ‘in Yama’s laughter/at Yama’s (mocking) face’ (idiomatic)

• न: no / not
• न: निषेध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on Amāvāsyā (new moon)
• अमावास्याम्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘on the new-moon day’

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि धातु) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः ‘जितः क्रोधः येन’ (i.e., one who has conquered anger)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrast particle)

• पूजयते: worships / honors
• पूजयते: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (listener named in v.19).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Amāvāsyā-dāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amāvāsyā twilight at a riverbank: a householder with calm face offers pādya and food to brāhmaṇas; Yama’s gate is shown symbolically behind, barred by radiant merit.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Amāvāsyā
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity and respectful service performed with self-control—especially freedom from anger—yields inexhaustible merit and mitigates fear of Yama.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa, thus set within the sacred geography of the Revā (Narmadā) region, though this verse focuses on Amāvāsyā-dharma rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Amāvāsyā, conquer anger and honor/worship brāhmaṇas; the act is framed as dāna and pūjā that becomes akṣaya (inexhaustible).