Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

मुद्गान्माषांश्च व्रीहींश्च तथा रत्नानि कांचनम् । युष्माकं संप्रदास्यामि यच्चान्यदपि दुर्ल्लभम् । निवर्त्तध्वमतः सर्वे ह्येतस्मात्पातकात्परम्

Transliteration

mudgānmāṣāṃśca vrīhīṃśca tathā ratnāni kāṃcanam | yuṣmākaṃ saṃpradāsyāmi yaccānyadapi durllabham | nivarttadhvamataḥ sarve hyetasmātpātakātparam

Translation

„Ich werde euch Mungbohnen, schwarze Bohnen und Reis geben, ebenso Edelsteine und Gold – und was sonst noch schwer zu erlangen ist. Darum kehrt ihr alle um; denn diese Gabe ist wahrlich ein Mittel, diese Sünde zu überwinden.“

Word by Word

• मुद्गान्: mung beans
• मुद्गान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• माषान्: black gram
• माषान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• व्रीहींन्: rice grains
• व्रीहींन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रीहि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• तथा: also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (also/likewise)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

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

• युष्माकम्: to you (for you)
• युष्माकम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• संप्रदास्यामि: I will give
• संप्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• अन्यत्: other (thing)
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• दुर्लभम्: hard to obtain
• दुर्लभम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर्लभ (प्रातिपदिक) = दुर् + लभ (लभ् धातु + खल्/अच्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (यत्/अन्यत्)

• निवर्तध्वम्: turn back; desist
• निवर्तध्वम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ (therefore/from this)

• सर्वे: all (of you)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• एतस्मात्: from this
• एतस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पातकात्: from sin
• पातकात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• परम्: further; beyond
• परम्: Kriya-visheshana (Extent/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्; ‘beyond/further’ अर्थे (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Rājā (the King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsakṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king gestures toward sacks of grain and a chest of jewels and gold; attendants stand behind with offerings. The sages look wary, signaling that the moral issue is not scarcity but the ‘source’ and ‘burden’ of the gift.

Characters & Entities

• Mudga
• Māṣa
• Vrīhi
• Ratna
• Kāñcana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity is portrayed as powerful, but the text will soon stress that the purity of the donor and the appropriateness of acceptance determine spiritual outcome.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra is the narrative frame, where dharma-instructions are embedded within the site’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of food-grains and valuables (mudga, māṣa, vrīhi, ratna, kāñcana) is explicitly mentioned.