Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

परिलेख्य च यो दद्याद्धेमशूलसमन्वितम् । शैवं स पदमाप्नोति मकरोपगमे रवेः

Transliteration

parilekhya ca yo dadyāddhemaśūlasamanvitam | śaivaṃ sa padamāpnoti makaropagame raveḥ

Translation

Quiconque, après avoir dûment tracé une image ou une inscription, la donne avec un trident d’or—lorsque le Soleil entre en Makara (Capricorne)—atteint la suprême demeure śaiva.

Word by Word

• परिलेख्य: having inscribed / having drawn
• परिलेख्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + लिख् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्गः परि-; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हेमशूल-समन्वितम्: (an item) furnished with a golden trident/spike
• हेमशूल-समन्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + शूल + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; दानवस्तु (object to be given); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः (हेमशूलेन समन्वितम्)

• शैवम्: Śaiva (of Śiva)
• शैवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदम्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पदम्: state / abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मकर-उपगमे: at the Makara-entry (of the sun)
• मकर-उपगमे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकर + उपगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक (at the time of entering Capricorn)

• रवेः: of the sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on Makara-saṅkrānti, a pilgrim offers a gleaming golden trident and an inscribed/outlined sacred object to a Śiva shrine priest; the temple lamp flames and coastal light frame the act of dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)
• Śaiva-pada
• Hemaśūla (golden trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with devotion at an astrologically sacred transition (Makara-saṅkrānti) becomes a direct means to attain Śiva’s spiritual station.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of an item marked/inscribed and accompanied by a golden trident, specifically at the Sun’s entry into Makara (Capricorn).