Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

धनदेन तपस्तप्त्वा प्रसन्ने पद्मसम्भवे । तत्रैव स्वल्पदानेन प्राप्तं वित्तस्य रक्षणम्

Transliteration

dhanadena tapastaptvā prasanne padmasambhave | tatraiva svalpadānena prāptaṃ vittasya rakṣaṇam

Translation

Nachdem Dhanada Askese geübt hatte, erfreute er Padmasambhava; und ebendort erlangte er durch eine auch nur geringe Gabe den Schutz seines Reichtums.

Word by Word

• धनदेन: by Dhanada (Kubera)
• धनदेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• तप्त्वा: having practiced (austerity)
• तप्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having performed (austerity)’

• प्रसन्ने: when (he) was pleased
• प्रसन्ने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular (agreeing with पद्मसम्भवे)

• पद्मसम्भवे: in/with the lotus-born (Brahmā)
• पद्मसम्भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद्म + सम्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative singular; ‘in Padmasambhava (Brahmā, lotus-born)’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic particle)

• स्वल्पदानेन: by a small donation
• स्वल्पदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वल्प + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular; ‘by a small gift’

• प्राप्तम्: obtained, attained
• प्राप्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; used predicatively: ‘was obtained’

• वित्तस्य: of wealth
• वित्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; Genitive singular

• रक्षणम्: protection, safeguarding
• रक्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/भाव), एकवचन; Nominative singular

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dhanada (Kubera-like lord of wealth) performing austerities; Padmasambhava (lotus-born Brahmā) appears pleased; Dhanada offers a small gift at the same sacred spot; a symbolic ‘protective aura’ surrounds his treasury.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Kubera)
• Padmasambhava (Brahmā, epithet)
• Bhaṇḍārītīrtha (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Austerity and devotion, combined with even modest charity, are upheld as dharmic means to secure and stabilize prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Bhaṇḍārī-tīrtha context, implying its potency for wealth-related blessings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Svalpa-dāna (even a small donation) is highlighted as efficacious when offered at the tīrtha with the right disposition.