Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

न ज्वरो न च संतापो दुःखं च न वियोगजम् । अशोकवर्तिदानेन कुलानामेकविंशतिः

Transliteration

na jvaro na ca saṃtāpo duḥkhaṃ ca na viyogajam | aśokavartidānena kulānāmekaviṃśatiḥ

Translation

Weder Fieber noch brennende Bedrängnis, noch Kummer aus Trennung entsteht. Durch die Gabe der aśoka-varti werden einundzwanzig Generationen der Familie begünstigt.

Word by Word

• na: no; not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• jvaraḥ: fever
• jvaraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• na: no; not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃtāpaḥ: burning pain; distress
• saṃtāpaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃtāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (masc nom sg)

• duḥkham: sorrow; suffering
• duḥkham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• viyoga-jam: born of separation
• viyoga-jam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: viyoga (प्रातिपदिक) + ja (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan (धातु) + ḍa/ka → ja)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (वियोगात् जातम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter nom/acc sg)

• aśoka-varti-dānena: by the gift of Aśoka-varti
• aśoka-varti-dānena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśoka (प्रातिपदिक) + varti (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (अशोकवर्तेः दानम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (instr sg)

• kulānām: of families
• kulānām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter gen pl)

• eka-viṃśatiḥ: twenty-one
• eka-viṃśatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: eka (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + viṃśati (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यासमास (एक + विंशति), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन (fem nom sg; numeral 21)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Somnātha/Prabhāsa, a devotee offers aśoka-varti for lighting lamps; the scene shifts to a calm family free from fever and separation-grief, with a lineage tree motif indicating twenty-one generations blessed.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed as sacred offering is extolled as removing suffering and uplifting one’s lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The gifting of the aśoka-varti is prescribed, with stated benefits including relief from afflictions and lineage uplift.