Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यो ददाति यतीनां च वैष्णवानां प्रयच्छति । स्वर्णभारशतं पुण्ड्रं नित्यं प्राप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

yo dadāti yatīnāṃ ca vaiṣṇavānāṃ prayacchati | svarṇabhāraśataṃ puṇḍraṃ nityaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

Whoever gives gifts to the yatis (renunciants) and offers to the Vaiṣṇavas continually attains merit equal to a hundred loads of gold, and the sanctity of the puṇḍra mark.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• यतीनाम्: of/for ascetics
• यतीनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• वैष्णवानाम्: of/for Vaiṣṇavas
• वैष्णवानाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैष्णव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• प्रयच्छति: bestows/gives
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• स्वर्ण-भार-शतम्: a hundred भार of gold
• स्वर्ण-भार-शतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + भार (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (svarṇasya bhāra-śatam = a hundred भार of gold)

• पुण्ड्रम्: tilaka/sect-mark
• पुण्ड्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्ड्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (always)

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• मानवः: a man/person
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijāḥ / brāhmaṇas (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder respectfully offers gifts to saffron-clad yatis and Vaiṣṇava devotees bearing śaṅkha-cakra marks; the giver’s forehead bears a bright ūrdhva-puṇḍra; symbolic heaps of gold appear as a halo of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Yatis (renunciants)
• Vaiṣṇavas
• Puṇḍra (tilaka mark)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity directed to renunciants and Vaiṣṇava devotees is exalted dharma that yields immense, enduring merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where Vaiṣṇava devotion and its marks (puṇḍra) are praised as part of the site’s māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (gifting) to yatis and offerings to Vaiṣṇavas; puṇḍra is highlighted as a sanctifying devotional mark.