Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

गोदानं वा महीं वापि तस्य पुण्यफलं शृणु

Transliteration

godānaṃ vā mahīṃ vāpi tasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

Translation

Qu’il s’agisse du don d’une vache, ou même d’une terre, écoute maintenant le fruit méritoire de cet acte.

Word by Word

• गोदानम्: gift of a cow/cows
• गोदानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गवां दानम्)

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• महीम्: the earth/land
• महीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Discourse particle
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक निपात (also/even)

• तस्य: of that (act/person)
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पुण्यफलम्: meritorious result
• पुण्यफलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पुण्यस्य फलम्)

• शृणु: hear
• शृणु: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (contextual narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa; likely Mārkaṇḍeya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bhṛkuṭeśa-tīrtha (Revā-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-narrator addresses a king, enumerating gifts—cow and land—while the Revā flows nearby and pilgrims prepare offerings.

Characters & Entities

• Go-dāna
• Bhū-dāna (land gift)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna (charitable giving) is framed as a central dharmic practice with specific, describable spiritual outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the tīrtha context of Adhyāya 128 in the Revā Khaṇḍa, tied to the praised Narmadā ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Go-dāna (cow-gift) and mahī-dāna/bhū-dāna (land-gift) as recommended acts of charity.