Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

येषां तु दर्शनादेव श्रवणाज्जायते भयम् । तथा दानफलं चान्ये भुञ्जाना यममन्दिरे

Transliteration

yeṣāṃ tu darśanādeva śravaṇājjāyate bhayam | tathā dānaphalaṃ cānye bhuñjānā yamamandire

Translation

Il en est pour qui la peur naît dès la seule vision (de ces scènes) ou dès qu’on en entend parler ; tandis que d’autres, dans la demeure de Yama, jouissent des fruits de leur charité.

Word by Word

• yeṣām: of whom
• yeṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (Genitive, Plural)

• tu: but
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrastive particle)

• darśanāt: from seeing
• darśanāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darśana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• śravaṇāt: from hearing
• śravaṇāt: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śravaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Ablative, Singular)

• jāyate: arises
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom/Acc, Singular)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: रीतिवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘so/likewise’)

• dāna: gift, donation
• dāna: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (compound member) (Stem used in compound)

• phalam: the fruit of charity
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: dāna + phalam (Neuter, Acc, Singular; ‘fruit of giving’)

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

• anye: others
• anye: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• bhuñjānāḥ: enjoying/experiencing
• bhuñjānāḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) → bhuñjāna (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शानच्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (Present middle participle, Masculine, Nom, Plural)

• yama: Yama
• yama: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रातिपदिक (compound member) (Stem used in compound)

• mandire: in Yama’s abode
• mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: yama + mandire (Neuter, Locative, Singular; ‘in Yama’s abode’)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narration; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split tableau: on one side, listeners shudder as they hear/see infernal scenes; on the other, donors receive luminous rewards even within Yama’s court—Yama as impartial judge, ledger in hand.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamamandira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity generates puṇya that becomes tangible joy, while wrongdoing breeds fear even at the thought or report of consequences.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Śuklatīrtha-related narrative of Revākhaṇḍa, emphasizing the moral economy of puṇya and pāpa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) is highlighted as a source of beneficial results, though no specific item is mandated in this verse.