Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

अन्नसुवर्णदानं च दधिकंबलमेव च । तत्र देयं विधानेन सर्वपापोपशुद्धये

Transliteration

annasuvarṇadānaṃ ca dadhikaṃbalameva ca | tatra deyaṃ vidhānena sarvapāpopaśuddhaye

Translation

Là, selon la règle prescrite, qu’on fasse don de nourriture et d’or, ainsi que de caillé et de couvertures, afin d’obtenir la purification totale de tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• अन्न: food
• अन्न: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• सुवर्ण: gold
• सुवर्ण: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• दानम्: gift of food and gold
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + सुवर्ण + दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास: द्वन्द्वपूर्वक तत्पुरुष)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (topic/thing to be given)

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

• दधि: curd, yogurt
• दधि: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (stem in compound)

• कम्बलम्: a blanket (along with curd / curd-related offering)
• कम्बलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दधि + कम्बल (प्रातिपदिक; समास: तत्पुरुष)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (also as item to be given)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

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

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: “there”)

• देयम्: to be given
• देयम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त; √दा (धातु) + यत्)
• Form: कर्तव्यतार्थक कृदन्त (gerundive); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन (impersonal predicate: “is to be given”)

• विधानेन: by prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति; एकवचन (instrumental: “according to procedure”)

• सर्व: all
• सर्व: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण; नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)

• पाप: sin
• पाप: Sambandha (Qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी एकवचन (stem in compound)

• उपशुद्धये: for the purification from all sins
• उपशुद्धये: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + उपशुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक; समास: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति; एकवचन (dative of purpose)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (dāna-sthāna)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims distribute cooked food, gold coins, bowls of curd, and warm blankets to brāhmaṇas and the poor near a shrine; the atmosphere is orderly and compassionate; ‘all-sin purification’ symbolized by a brightening aura around the donor.

Characters & Entities

• anna-dāna
• suvarṇa-dāna
• dadhi
• kambala
• pāpa-śuddhi

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed correctly in a sacred place becomes a powerful means of purification and dharmic restoration.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing Prabhāsa Kṣetra context (the same sanctified locale discussed in Adhyāya 273).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give food, gold, curds, and blankets as dāna, following proper vidhāna (ritual rule).