Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
Devanagari script
तत्पुण्यं लभते देवि मूलचण्डीशदर्शनात् । तत्र दानानि देयानि षोडशैव नरोत्तमैः
Transliteration
tatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi mūlacaṇḍīśadarśanāt | tatra dānāni deyāni ṣoḍaśaiva narottamaiḥ
Translation
হে দেবী! মূলচণ্ডীশের দর্শনে সেই পুণ্যই লাভ হয়। সেখানে নরোত্তমদের ষোলো প্রকার দান প্রদান করা উচিত।
Word by Word
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन
लभतेobtains
लभते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootलभ् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
देविO Goddess
देवि:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन
मूल-चण्डीश-दर्शनात्from seeing Mūlacaṇḍīśa
मूल-चण्डीश-दर्शनात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootमूल (प्रातिपदिक) + चण्डीश (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-परम्परा: 'मूलस्य चण्डीशस्य दर्शनम्'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)
दानानिgifts/charities
दानानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
देयानिshould be given
देयानि:
Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formयत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/कृत्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (कर्तव्यता: 'to be given')
षोडशsixteen
षोडश:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootषोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसंख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी (used adjectivally)
एवonly/indeed
एव:
Sambandha (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
नरोत्तमैःby the best of men
नरोत्तमैः:
Kartr (Agent in passive sense)/Karta (Doer/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास ('उत्तमः नरः'), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन
Speaker
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Devī
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee beholds the Mūlacaṇḍīśa liṅga and then offers a sequence of sixteen gifts to worthy recipients; the scene balances sanctum darśana with a charitable courtyard distribution.
Characters & Entities
D
DevīM
MūlacaṇḍīśaD
Dāna (charity)FAQs
Pilgrimage (darśana) and charity (dāna) together form a complete Purāṇic path of merit and purification.
Mūlacaṇḍīśa liṅga-site within Prabhāsa kṣetra.
Ṣoḍaśa-dāna—sixteen prescribed gifts to be given by exemplary devotees at that sacred place.