Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

शिवमुद्दिश्य वै वस्त्रयुग्मे दद्यात्सुरूपिणे । पादुकोपानहौ छत्रं भाजनं रक्तवाससी

Transliteration

śivamuddiśya vai vastrayugme dadyātsurūpiṇe | pādukopānahau chatraṃ bhājanaṃ raktavāsasī

Translation

In Śivas Namen soll man einem würdigen, wohlgestalteten Empfänger ein Paar Gewänder geben; ebenso Sandalen und Schuhwerk, einen Schirm, ein Gefäß und rote Kleidung.

Word by Word

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उद्देश्यार्थ (with उद्दिश्य)

• उद्दिश्य: intending/for the sake of
• उद्दिश्य: Sambandha (Purpose/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद् + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययीभाव (gerund), अव्यय; अर्थः—उद्देश्य/निमित्त (having intended/for the sake of)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• वस्त्रयुग्मे: a pair of garments
• वस्त्रयुग्मे: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—वस्त्र-युग्म (pair of garments)

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुरूपिणे: to the handsome one (worthy recipient)
• सुरूपिणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुरूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• पादुकोपानहौ: sandals and shoes
• पादुकोपानहौ: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका + उपानह् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (पादुका) / पुंलिङ्ग (उपानह्) समाहार-द्वन्द्वः, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), द्विवचन/एकवचन-समाहारार्थ; अर्थतः—footwear pair

• छत्रम्: umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• भाजनम्: vessel/container
• भाजनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• रक्तवाससी: two red garments
• रक्तवाससी: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः—रक्ते वाससी (two red garments)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā kṣetra (Śiva-uddeśa dāna context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents a pair of garments, sandals, umbrella, a vessel, and red cloth to a worthy recipient before a decorated Śiva shrine; items are neatly arranged on a cloth, priests witness the saṅkalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes especially sanctifying when offered with Śiva as the intention and given to a worthy recipient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā-tīrtha environment of Revākhaṇḍa in the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna dedicated to Śiva: a pair of garments, sandals/footwear, umbrella, vessel, and red clothes.