Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

हिरण्यं तत्र दातव्यं सर्वपापापनुत्तये

Transliteration

hiraṇyaṃ tatra dātavyaṃ sarvapāpāpanuttaye

Translation

Dort soll Gold als Gabe gespendet werden, zur völligen Tilgung aller Sünden.

Word by Word

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

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (there)

• dātavyam: should be given
• dātavyam: Kriya (Obligation/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Gerundive/Obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विधेय (should be given)

• sarva-pāpa-apanuttaye: for the removal of all sins
• sarva-pāpa-apanuttaye: Sampradana (Purpose/Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + pāpa (प्रातिपदिक) + apanutti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; समासः—सर्वेषां पापानाम् अपनुत्तिः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara-kuṇḍa (Prabhāsa)

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Contextual) the dialogue audience within Prabhāsa-māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee, freshly bathed, offers a small gold coin/ornament with reverence to a priest or needy person at the ghat; lamps and temple spire in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Hiraṇya-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha practice is completed by generosity: dāna, offered in the right place, is a purifier and a dharmic seal upon pilgrimage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara-kuṇḍa in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hiraṇya-dāna—donation of gold—recommended for the eradication of sins.