Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

एकैकस्य फलं तात वक्ष्यामि शृणु तत्त्वतः । दानेन लभते भोगानिह लोके परत्र च

Transliteration

ekaikasya phalaṃ tāta vakṣyāmi śṛṇu tattvataḥ | dānena labhate bhogāniha loke paratra ca

Translation

Dear one, I shall declare the true fruit of each act—listen in truth: through charity one gains enjoyments in this world and in the world beyond.

Word by Word

• एकैकस्य: of each (one)
• एकैकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (एकः एव एकः → 'each single')

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• तात: O dear one/son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• वक्ष्यामि: I will tell
• वक्ष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शृणु: listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तत्त्वतः: truly; in essence
• तत्त्वतः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तसिल्/तस्-प्रत्ययान्त (adverb: 'in truth/accurately')

• दानेन: by giving; through donation
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• भोगान्: enjoyments
• भोगान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'here')

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• परत्र: hereafter; in the next world
• परत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: परत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: 'in the other world/thereafter')

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

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing instruction to Yudhiṣṭhira; implied from surrounding dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: tāta / dear one (generic disciple-address)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-sage addressing a seated listener in a forest hermitage, gesturing as if enumerating fruits of charity; offerings and a small fire nearby symbolize dharma.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity is presented as a dharmic cause that yields both worldly welfare and posthumous spiritual benefit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage belongs to Dharmāraṇya’s praise, where acts done in the sacred region are explained with their fruits.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is dāna itself, with an announced intention to enumerate the specific fruits of each gift/act.