Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पीतवस्त्राणि देवस्य गां हिरण्यं च दापयेत् । स्नात्वा चक्रवरे तीर्थे मुच्यते सर्वपातकात्

Transliteration

pītavastrāṇi devasya gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca dāpayet | snātvā cakravare tīrthe mucyate sarvapātakāt

Translation

Man soll dem Herrn gelbe Gewänder darbringen und zudem eine Kuh und Gold als Gabe spenden. Wer im vortrefflichen Cakra-tīrtha badet, wird von allen Sünden befreit.

Word by Word

• पीतवस्त्राणि: yellow garments
• पीतवस्त्राणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीत + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (पीतानि वस्त्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दापयेत्: should give/should offer
• दापयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘cause to be given/offer’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• चक्रवरे: at Cakravaरा (place-name)
• चक्रवरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वपातकात्: from all sins
• सर्वपातकात्: Apādāna (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वं पातकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed at a sacred ford, offers yellow cloth at a shrine while a cow and gold are given in charity; the tīrtha waters gleam, suggesting purification and release from sin.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Dāna
• Snāna
• Daityasūdana (contextual Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification comes through a harmony of devotion (to the Lord), charity (dāna), and sacred bathing (snāna) at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha (Cakravara-tīrtha) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of yellow garments, cow, and gold, followed by snāna at Cakratīrtha.