Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20

Devanagari script

सहस्रगुणितं तस्मात्सत्यंसत्यं मयोदितम् । हेममाषार्द्धमानेन द्वारकादानयोगतः

Transliteration

sahasraguṇitaṃ tasmātsatyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam | hemamāṣārddhamānena dvārakādānayogataḥ

Translation

Therefore, the merit becomes a thousandfold—this is truth, truth, as I have declared. Even by the sacred act of charity in Dvārakā, with only half a māṣa measure of gold, one gains that multiplied fruit.

Word by Word

• सहस्रगुणितम्: multiplied a thousandfold
• सहस्रगुणितम्: Visheshya-Visheshana (Predicate qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहस्र + गुणित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √गुण्/गण्? here 'गुण्' in sense 'multiply' as past participle)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयार्थे विशेषण (predicate adjective)

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन

• सत्यम्: truly
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Assertion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-नपुंसक (used adverbially), सत्यार्थे (as an asseveration)

• सत्यम्: truly (indeed)
• सत्यम्: Sambandha (Assertion/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत-नपुंसक, पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic repetition)

• मया: by me
• मया: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (speaker), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• उदितम्: said; uttered
• उदितम्: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद् + वद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हेममाषार्द्धमानेन: by the measure of half a māṣa of gold
• हेममाषार्द्धमानेन: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + माष + अर्ध + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• द्वारकादानयोगतः: due to the practice/occasion of giving in Dvārakā
• द्वारकादानयोगतः: Apadana (Cause/Reason/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वारका + दान + योग (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तसिल्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative), एकवचन; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (due to/from the connection)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (within Dvārakāmāhātmya; likely a revered narrator addressing brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas / tīrtha-inquirers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within Dvārakā’s sacred precinct, a devotee offers a tiny half-māṣa of gold to a worthy recipient before Kṛṣṇa’s shrine; the act radiates as if multiplied into countless golden sparks.

Characters & Entities

• Dvārakā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred geography magnifies dharma: even small charity in Dvārakā yields vast merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, the famed Vaiṣṇava kṣetra celebrated in the Dvārakāmāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving), specifically even a small measure of gold, performed in Dvārakā.