Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 92

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो दद्याद्रूप्यं काञ्चनमेव वा । काञ्चनेन विमानेन विष्णुलोके महीयते

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo dadyādrūpyaṃ kāñcanameva vā | kāñcanena vimānena viṣṇuloke mahīyate

Translation

An jenem Tīrtha wird, wer Silber — oder gar Gold — spendet, in Viṣṇus Welt geehrt, getragen von einem goldenen Himmelswagen.

Word by Word

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• rūpyam: silver
• rūpyam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• kāñcanam: gold
• kāñcanam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• kāñcanena: by/with gold
• kāñcanena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vimānena: by a celestial car
• vimānena: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vimāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• viṣṇu-loke: in Vishnu's world
• viṣṇu-loke: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक) + loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विष्णोः लोकः)

• mahīyate: is honored
• mahīyate: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mah (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोग

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra (a king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverbank altar, a donor offers silver/gold to a worthy recipient; above, a radiant golden vimāna descends, carrying the soul toward Viṣṇu-loka where Vishnu’s presence is implied by symbols (śaṅkha-cakra).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu-loka
• Viṣṇu
• vimāna
• rūpya (silver)
• kāñcana (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material offerings made with dharmic intent at a sacred tīrtha are transmuted into spiritual honor and higher-world attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The unnamed ‘that tīrtha’ within Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā pilgrimage narrative, where dāna is declared especially fruitful.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of rūpya (silver) or kāñcana (gold) at the tīrtha, with the stated fruit of Viṣṇu-loka attainment.