Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

वस्त्रयुग्मं प्रदातव्यं लोहितं पाण्डुनन्दन । धूर्वहौ रक्तवर्णौ च शुभ्रं कृष्णं तथैव च

Transliteration

vastrayugmaṃ pradātavyaṃ lohitaṃ pāṇḍunandana | dhūrvahau raktavarṇau ca śubhraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tathaiva ca

Translation

Ô fils de Pāṇḍu, il faut offrir une paire de vêtements, de couleur rouge. De même, des étoffes rougeâtres, ainsi que des blanches et des noires.

Word by Word

• वस्त्रयुग्मम्: a pair of garments
• वस्त्रयुग्मम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र + युग्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—वस्त्रयोः युग्मम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• प्रदातव्यम्: should be given
• प्रदातव्यम्: Kriya (विधेय/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्)
• Form: तव्यत्-कृदन्त (Gerundive/Future passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be given/should be given’

• लोहितम्: red
• लोहितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लोहित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पाण्डुनन्दन: O son of Pāṇḍu
• पाण्डुनन्दन: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डु + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—पाण्डोः नन्दनः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• धूर्वहौ: two draught-bearers (yoked pair)
• धूर्वहौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धूर् + वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन (Dual); समासः—धूरं वहतः (उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• रक्तवर्णौ: two of red color
• रक्तवर्णौ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्त + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; समासः—रक्तः वर्णः यस्य (कर्मधारय)

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

• शुभ्रम्: white
• शुभ्रम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृष्णम्: black
• कृष्णम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (restrictive particle)

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

Speaker

Narrator addressing a Pāṇḍava (listener implied by vocative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Māṅgaleśvara-tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍunandana (addressed explicitly)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents folded pairs of garments—predominantly red, with additional white and black cloth—before brāhmaṇas at the Māṅgaleśvara tīrtha, with the river and shrine nearby.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍunandana
• Vastra-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma emphasizes disciplined giving; even the details of gifts (like garments and colors) are integrated into vow-observance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader setting is Māṅgaleśvara tīrtha in Revā-khaṇḍa; this verse focuses on dāna items rather than the geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donation of a pair of garments, especially red, and also garments of white and black (as prescribed within the vrata).