Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं तत्र देयं तु अजिनं कंबलं तथा । आषाढे त्वमावास्यायां यत्किञ्चिद्दीयते ध्रुवम्

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ tatra deyaṃ tu ajinaṃ kaṃbalaṃ tathā | āṣāḍhe tvamāvāsyāyāṃ yatkiñciddīyate dhruvam

Translation

An jenem heiligen Ort soll man Gold geben, ebenso ein Hirschfell und eine Wolldecke. Was immer am Neumondtag des Monats Āṣāḍha gespendet wird, trägt unfehlbar Frucht.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र ‘देयम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म (to be given)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक

• देयम्: to be given, should be given
• देयम्: Kriya (Obligation/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; विधेय-कर्तव्यता (gerundive/तव्यत्-अर्थ), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तु: and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Contrast/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-निपात (particle)

• अजिनम्: a skin (deerskin)
• अजिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• कम्बलम्: a blanket
• कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/उपमानार्थ (adverb/particle: ‘also/likewise’)

• आषाढे: in (the month of) Āṣāḍha
• आषाढे: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आषाढ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; मासवाचक

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Emphasis/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात

• अमावास्यायाम्: on the new-moon day
• अमावास्यायाम्: Kāla-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘किञ्चित्’ इत्यनेन सह

• किञ्चित्: anything, something
• किञ्चित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थ (indefinite)

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive)

• ध्रुवम्: certainly, surely
• ध्रुवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ध्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोग; नपुंसकलिङ्ग-एकवचन-आकारान्तं रूपं क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) to Devī (deduced from immediate continuation in Adhyāya 297 and the ongoing māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Ṛṣitoyā context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at Prabhāsa present gifts—gold, deer-skin, and woolen blanket—to a seated brāhmaṇa/ascetic on Āṣāḍha amāvāsyā; moonless night ambience with lamps and temple silhouette.

Characters & Entities

• Āṣāḍha
• Amāvāsyā
• dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered at a sanctified tīrtha and sacred lunar time becomes certain (dhruva) in spiritual result.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra (within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa), in the context of the Ṛṣitoyā-nadī māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna on Āṣāḍha Amāvāsyā—especially gifts like gold, deer-skin, and a blanket—is prescribed as highly meritorious.