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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

उपानहौ वा च्छत्रं वा कौपीनं वा कमंडलुम् । यो ददाति तपस्विभ्यो नरो मुक्तः स पातकैः । दधीचेः स वरान्दत्त्वा वभाषे सह विष्णुना

Transliteration

upānahau vā cchatraṃ vā kaupīnaṃ vā kamaṃḍalum | yo dadāti tapasvibhyo naro muktaḥ sa pātakaiḥ | dadhīceḥ sa varāndattvā vabhāṣe saha viṣṇunā

Translation

Ob Sandalen, ein Schirm, ein Lendentuch oder ein Wasserkrug (Kamandalu) — wer dies den Asketen schenkt, wird von Sünden befreit. Nachdem er Dadhīci Gaben gewährt hatte, sprach er so in der Gegenwart Viṣṇus.

Word by Word
उपानहौa pair of sandals
उपानहौ:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउपानह् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, द्विवचन — Feminine, Accusative, Dual
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
छत्रम्umbrella
छत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootछत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
कौपीनम्loincloth
कौपीनम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकौपीन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative, Singular
वाor
वा:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)
कमण्डलुम्water-pot (kamandalu)
कमण्डलुम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular
यःwho
यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
ददातिgives
ददाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — Present indicative, 3rd person, Singular
तपस्विभ्यःto ascetics
तपस्विभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन — Masculine, Dative (4th), Plural
नरःa man
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Masculine, Nominative, Singular
मुक्तःfreed
मुक्तः:
Karta-visheshana (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृत्)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Past participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
पातकैःfrom sins
पातकैः:
Apadana (Separation/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण/अपादानार्थे), बहुवचन — Neuter, Instrumental (3rd), Plural
दधीचेःof Dadhīci
दधीचेः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootदधीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Masculine, Genitive, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Singular
वरान्boons
वरान्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootवर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Plural
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootदा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund) — having given
वभाषेspoke
वभाषे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभाष् (धातु)
Formलिट् (परोक्ष/परिपूर्ण भूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — Perfect, 3rd person, Singular (Ātmanepada)
सहtogether with
सह:
—
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formसहकारार्थक-अव्यय (preposition/adverb ‘together with’)
विष्णुनाwith Viṣṇu
विष्णुना:
Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (सह-योग), एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular
Speaker

Śiva (contextual; narrative continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (contextual) sages (e.g., Śaunaka group) / pilgrims in narrative frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims present sandals, an umbrella, a kaupīna cloth, and a kamandalu to seated ascetics; in a secondary vignette, Rudra grants boons to sage Dadhīci while Viṣṇu stands beside, witnessing.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śiva
V
Viṣṇu
D
Dadhīci
T
Tapasvin
D
Dāna

FAQs

Serving renunciants through practical gifts becomes a direct purifier of moral faults.

The instruction belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra Māhātmya of Prabhāsa, where dāna is portrayed as tīrtha-powered purification.

Dāna to tapasvins—sandals, umbrella, loincloth, and kamaṇḍalu—is prescribed as sin-destroying.

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