Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

वर्षत्यजस्रं पर्जन्ये वेणुपात्रेषु कुर्वतः । एतेषां लभ्यते पुण्यं सुवर्णै रजतैस्तथा

Transliteration

varṣatyajasraṃ parjanye veṇupātreṣu kurvataḥ | eteṣāṃ labhyate puṇyaṃ suvarṇai rajataistathā

Translation

Wenn Parjanya, der Regengott, unablässig Regen spendet, erlangt der, der das Ritual mit Bambusgefäßen vollzieht, ein Verdienst, das dem Darbringen von Gold und ebenso von Silber gleichkommt.

Word by Word

• वर्षति: rains
• वर्षति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अजस्रम्: unceasingly
• अजस्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अजस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• पर्जन्ये: when/where there is rain-cloud (Parjanya)
• पर्जन्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वेणुपात्रेषु: in bamboo vessels
• वेणुपात्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु+पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘वेणोः पात्रेषु’)

• कुर्वतः: of (one) doing/performing
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of one who is doing’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (कर्मणि कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)

• सुवर्णैः: with gold (items)
• सुवर्णैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• रजतैः: with silver (items)
• रजतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (so/also/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon downpour over Prabhāsa; a devotee sheltered near temple steps performs offering with a bamboo vessel; gold and silver appear as symbolic scales showing equivalence of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Parjanya
• Veṇu (bamboo)
• Gold
• Silver

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere dharmic performance is not limited to costly materials; even simple bamboo, used properly, can yield merit likened to precious-metal offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the text highlights accessible means to gain significant puṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the rite using veṇu (bamboo) vessels, especially in conditions of continuous rain; the merit is praised as comparable to gold or silver offerings.