Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

देवाश्वासनदानं च तथैवान्धकनिग्रहः । शूलभेदस्य चोत्पत्तिस्तथा पात्रपरीक्षणम्

Transliteration

devāśvāsanadānaṃ ca tathaivāndhakanigrahaḥ | śūlabhedasya cotpattistathā pātraparīkṣaṇam

Translation

Und (der Bericht umfasst) die Gabe, die den Göttern Trost schenkte, sowie die Bezwingung Andhakas; ferner den Ursprung des Śūlabheda und die Prüfung des würdigen Empfängers.

Word by Word

• देवाश्वासनदानम्: the giving of reassurance to the gods
• देवाश्वासनदानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + आश्वासन + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् आश्वासनस्य दानम्)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/likewise)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (Avadhāraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्धकनिग्रहः: the subjugation of Andhaka
• अन्धकनिग्रहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्धक + निग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (अन्धकस्य निग्रहः)

• शूलभेदस्य: of the splitting of the trident
• शूलभेदस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूल + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उत्पत्तिः: origin/arising
• उत्पत्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Adverbial (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: likewise)

• पात्रपरीक्षणम्: the testing of the worthy recipient
• पात्रपरीक्षणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र + परीक्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पात्रस्य परीक्षणम्)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda (associated sacred marker/site)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative montage: devas receiving a consoling gift; Śiva overpowering Andhaka; emergence/installation of a trident-marked sacred emblem (Śūlabheda); a sage testing a would-be recipient with questions or trials.

Characters & Entities

• Devas
• Andhaka
• Śūlabheda
• Pātra-parīkṣaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity must be guided by discernment (pātra-parīkṣaṇa), and divine order is restored through righteous restraint of adharma (Andhaka).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Śūlabheda māhātmya thread rather than naming a new tīrtha; it outlines the associated sacred narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It gestures to dāna (charitable giving) and emphasizes testing the worthiness of the recipient (pātra-parīkṣaṇa).