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Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 84

अत्र स्नानं तथा दानं सर्वं सफलतां व्रजेत् । यक्षिणीप्रभृतयः सिद्धा भवंत्यत्र न संशयः

atra snānaṃ tathā dānaṃ sarvaṃ saphalatāṃ vrajet | yakṣiṇīprabhṛtayaḥ siddhā bhavaṃtyatra na saṃśayaḥ

Hier werden das heilige Bad und ebenso die Gabe der Wohltätigkeit—alles wird fruchtbringend. Yakṣiṇīs und andere siddhaartige Wesen gelangen hier zur Vollendung—ohne jeden Zweifel.

atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
snānambathing
snānam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsnāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
tathāand likewise
tathā:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय/तुल्यतार्थक-अव्यय (adverb/conjunction: ‘likewise/and also’)
dānamcharity
dānam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootdāna (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन
sarvamall (of it)
sarvam:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsarva (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण—snāna/dāna-समूहस्य
saphalatāmfruitfulness/success
saphalatām:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootsa + phala + tā (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; भाववाचक
vrajetwould attain
vrajet:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vraj (व्रज्, धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्
yakṣiṇīprabhṛtayaḥYakṣiṇīs and the like
yakṣiṇīprabhṛtayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootyakṣiṇī + prabhṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष-समासः (yakṣiṇyāḥ prabhṛtayaḥ = ‘yakṣiṇī and others’)
siddhāḥaccomplished/perfected
siddhāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsiddha (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विशेषण—yakṣiṇīprabhṛtayaḥ
bhavantibecome/are
bhavanti:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū (भू, धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्
atrahere
atra:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootatra (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
nano/not
na:
Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘na saṃśayaḥ’ इति नास्तित्वे प्रयोगः

Brahmā (deduced; Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narration style)

Tirtha: Yoginī-kuṇḍa (implied ‘here’)

Type: kund

Scene: Pilgrims bathe and give charity at the kuṇḍa; around them, unseen but suggested, yakṣiṇīs and siddha-beings become favorable—depicted as protective, luminous presences in trees/water/air.

D
Dāna
Y
Yakṣiṇī
S
Siddhi

FAQs

At a sanctified tīrtha, even ordinary acts like bathing and giving become spiritually potent and successful.

The Yoginīkuṇḍa area being described in Adhyāya 7.

Perform snāna and dāna at this place; both are said to yield complete success.