Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानं च विप्रेभ्यो लोकमाप महोत्कटम् । पितरं च समासाद्य मातरं च युधिष्ठिर

Transliteration

dattvā dānaṃ ca viprebhyo lokamāpa mahotkaṭam | pitaraṃ ca samāsādya mātaraṃ ca yudhiṣṭhira

Translation

Après avoir offert des dons aux brāhmanes, elle atteignit un monde splendide et très élevé ; et là, elle retrouva aussi son père et sa mère, ô Yudhiṣṭhira.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier of main action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: दा, अर्थे: कृत्वा (having given)

• दानम्: a gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), बहुवचन

• लोकम्: world/realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• आप: reached/obtained
• आप: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/परस्मैपद-परिपाट्या प्रायः लुङ्-रूपवत् (Perfect-like aoristic usage), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; धातु: आप् (to obtain/reach)

• महोत्कटम्: very formidable/excellent
• महोत्कटम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् + उत्कट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying लोकम्)

• पितरम्: father
• पितरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• समासाद्य: having approached/met
• समासाद्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive); धातु: समासद्/सम्-आ-√सद् (to approach/meet)

• मातरम्: mother
• मातरम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• युधिष्ठिर: O Yudhiṣṭhira
• युधिष्ठिर: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युधिष्ठिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee completes dāna to seated brāhmaṇas; the soul is shown entering a radiant realm where father and mother approach in welcome, suggesting pitṛ-mātṛ-saṅgama in a luminous svarga setting.

Characters & Entities

• Yudhiṣṭhira

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity given in a purified state completes religious life and yields exalted spiritual reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa context implies sacred merit connected to the Revā region, though the verse highlights dāna rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna—giving gifts to vipras (brāhmaṇas)—is presented as a meritorious act leading to higher realms.