Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वर्णवृष्टिरभूद्यत्र सा स्वर्णखनिरुत्तमा । स मुनिं दर्शयामास खनिं तेन निवेदिताम्

Transliteration

svarṇavṛṣṭirabhūdyatra sā svarṇakhaniruttamā | sa muniṃ darśayāmāsa khaniṃ tena niveditām

Translation

Where that rain of gold occurred, it became an excellent mine of gold. He then showed the sage that mine and presented it to him.

Word by Word

• svarṇavṛṣṭiḥ: a rain of gold
• svarṇavṛṣṭiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vṛṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative) ‘स्वर्णस्य वृष्टिः’

• abhūt: occurred/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Indeclinable), स्थानवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• sā: that (she/it)
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• svarṇakhaniḥ: the gold mine
• svarṇakhaniḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + khani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘स्वर्णस्य खनिः’

• uttamā: excellent, best
• uttamā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• munim: the sage
• munim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• darśayāmāsa: showed, caused to see
• darśayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dṛś (धातु) + ṇic (णिच्, causative)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); णिजन्त (causative) ‘दर्शयति’

• khanim: the mine
• khanim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khani (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: by him/with him
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• niveditām: presented, reported
• niveditām: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ni-vid (धातु) + kta (क्त, past passive participle)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मणि-भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Agastya (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Svarṇa-khani (mythic)

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The golden shower’s landing-place becomes a gleaming mine; Kubera (or the divine agent) reveals the newly formed gold-mine to the sage as a formal offering.

Characters & Entities

• Raghu
• Kubera
• Kautsa (sage; implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Resources gained for dharma should be offered without possessiveness, transforming wealth into merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s Māhātmya is strengthened through this exemplary account of dharmic giving connected to its royal lineage.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of nivedana (formal offering) to a sage—an element of righteous dāna.