Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

तैलदीपप्रदानेन सूर्यलोके महीयते । मधूकतैलदीपेन सौभाग्यं परमं लभेत्

Transliteration

tailadīpapradānena sūryaloke mahīyate | madhūkatailadīpena saubhāgyaṃ paramaṃ labhet

Translation

En donnant une lampe à huile, on est honoré dans le monde du Soleil. En offrant une lampe d’huile de madhūka, on obtient la bonne fortune suprême.

Word by Word

• तैलदीपप्रदानेन: by the offering of an oil-lamp
• तैलदीपप्रदानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—तैलदीपस्य प्रदानम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सूर्यलोके: in the world of the Sun
• सूर्यलोके: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्यलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—सूर्यस्य लोकः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• महीयते: is honored / becomes great
• महीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगः—‘is honored/glorified’

• मधूकतैलदीपेन: by a lamp of madhūka-oil
• मधूकतैलदीपेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधूक (प्रातिपदिक) + तैल (प्रातिपदिक) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; समासः—मधूकतैलस्य दीपः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• सौभाग्यम्: good fortune
• सौभाग्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्—सौभाग्यम्

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (सम्भावना/आशीः), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘may obtain’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Not specified in excerpt.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers an oil lamp; the flame transforms into a radiant solar orb above, with a celestial scene of Sūrya-loka honoring the donor; a second vignette shows madhūka-oil lamp bestowing auspicious prosperity on a household.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya-loka
• dīpa-dāna
• madhūka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered as light becomes a pathway to higher realms and auspiciousness—dāna is framed as a bridge between earth and divine worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where such dīpa-dāna is praised as especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering oil lamps, specifically a madhūka-oil lamp, with the stated fruits of Sūrya-loka honor and supreme fortune.