Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

कच्चित्प्रावरणं वस्त्रं सुभगे सर्वमेव च । संप्रयच्छसि साधुभ्यः प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्

Transliteration

kaccitprāvaraṇaṃ vastraṃ subhage sarvameva ca | saṃprayacchasi sādhubhyaḥ praṇipātapuraḥsaram

Translation

O fortunate one, do you bestow garments and coverings of every kind upon the virtuous, first offering a reverent prostration?

Word by Word

• कच्चित्: whether...?
• कच्चित्: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कच्चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रश्नार्थक-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• प्रावरणम्: covering, cloak
• प्रावरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रावरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वस्त्रम्: cloth, garment
• वस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सुभगे: O fortunate one
• सुभगे: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुभग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (collectively qualifying the items given)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis)

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

• संप्रयच्छसि: you give / bestow
• संप्रयच्छसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-यम्/यच्छ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• साधुभ्यः: to the good people / saints
• साधुभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्: preceded by prostration
• प्रणिपातपुरःसरम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/Instrumental manner)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रणिपात (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरःसर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the act of giving: 'preceded by prostration'); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (प्रणिपातः पुरः यस्य तत्)

Speaker

Unspecified (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic voice)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to ‘subhage’ (fortunate one) in the interrogative sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim woman offers folded garments and a shawl to a sadhu; she bows in praṇāma first; the scene set near a temple gateway with other pilgrims and a charity pavilion.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes purifying when joined to humility—giving necessities like clothing to sādhus with reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named site appears in the verse; it describes conduct aligned with tīrtha-mahātmya values.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra/prāvaraṇa-dāna (donation of clothing/coverings) offered respectfully to virtuous persons.