Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

दद्याच्छयामाकनीवारान्विद्रुमं चाजिनानि च । सप्तधान्यानि शालींश्च सक्तूंश्च गुडसंयुतान्

Transliteration

dadyācchayāmākanīvārānvidrumaṃ cājināni ca | saptadhānyāni śālīṃśca saktūṃśca guḍasaṃyutān

Translation

Man soll śyāmāka- und nīvāra-Körner, Koralle und Felle spenden; ebenso die sieben Arten von Getreide, Reis und geröstetes Mehl, mit Jaggery (Rohzucker) vermischt.

Word by Word

• दद्याच्: should give
• दद्याच्: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; छकारादेशः (दद्याद् + च → दद्याच्)

• श्यामाकनीवारान्: śyāmāka and nīvāra grains
• श्यामाकनीवारान्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्यामाक (प्रातिपदिक) + नीवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative); बहुवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (श्यामाकाः च नीवाराः च)

• विद्रुमम्: coral
• विद्रुमम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्रुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

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

• अजिनानि: skins, hides
• अजिनानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

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

• सप्तधान्यानि: the seven kinds of grains
• सप्तधान्यानि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + धान्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; द्विगुसमास (सप्त संख्या-पूर्वकः)

• शालीन्: rice (śāli)
• शालीन्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

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

• सक्तून्: parched grain flour (saktu)
• सक्तून्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

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

• गुडसंयुतान्: mixed with jaggery
• गुडसंयुतान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त; सम्+युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त); विशेषण (सक्तून् इति)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donation scene with neatly arranged offerings: baskets of śyāmāka and nīvāra, sacks of seven grains, polished rice, bowls of saktu mixed with jaggery, a piece of red coral displayed, folded skins; priest records gifts while recipients receive respectfully.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna
• Sapta-dhānya
• Ṛṣitīrtha
• Siddheśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Punya is strengthened through tangible, nourishing gifts—especially food-grains—offered as part of sacred duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The dāna-list belongs to the Ṛṣitīrtha observances in the Siddheśvara-associated Dvārakā-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of grains (including sapta-dhānya), rice, saktu with jaggery, along with items like coral and skins.