Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 181

Devanagari script

आदित्य उवाच । अत्राश्रमपदे पुण्ये ये नरा भक्तिसंयुताः । छत्रोपानत्प्रदातारस्तेषां लोकाः सनातनाः

Transliteration

āditya uvāca | atrāśramapade puṇye ye narā bhaktisaṃyutāḥ | chatropānatpradātārasteṣāṃ lokāḥ sanātanāḥ

Translation

Āditya sprach: An diesem heiligen Āśrama-Ort erlangen die frommen Menschen, die Schirme und Schuhwerk spenden, ewige Welten.

Word by Word

• आदित्यः: Āditya (the Sun-god)
• आदित्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• आश्रमपदे: in the hermitage-site
• आश्रमपदे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आश्रमपद (प्रातिपदिक: आश्रम + पद)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• पुण्ये: holy, meritorious
• पुण्ये: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying आश्रमपदे)

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• नराः: men, people
• नराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• भक्तिसंयुताः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तिसंयुताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + संयुत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; सम्-युज् + क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle used adjectivally); विशेषण (qualifying नराः)

• छत्रोपानत्प्रदातारः: givers of umbrellas and footwear
• छत्रोपानत्प्रदातारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र + उपानत् + प्रदातार् (प्रातिपदिक; दा धातोः तृच्/तार्-प्रत्ययान्त agent noun)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक-नाम (giver)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन

• लोकाः: worlds, realms
• लोकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन

• सनातनाः: eternal
• सनातनाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सनातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying लोकाः)

Speaker

Āditya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṇya-āśrama-pada in Arbuda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Āditya (Sun deity) speaks over an āśrama ground; devotees distribute umbrellas and sandals to weary pilgrims under bright sunlight; the scene emphasizes relief, shade, and compassionate service.

Characters & Entities

• Āditya (Sūrya)
• āśrama-pada
• bhakti
• chatra-dāna
• upānat-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion expressed through practical charity—protecting and aiding travelers/recipients—leads to exalted, lasting spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “puṇya āśrama-pada” in Arbuda Khaṇḍa is explicitly praised as the setting where such gifts yield ‘sanātana’ results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donation of chatra (umbrella) and upānat (footwear) performed with bhakti at the holy hermitage-site.