Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

गोभूतिसहिरण्यादि चान्नं वस्त्रं स्वशक्तितः । दातव्यं पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ पारेश्वरवराश्रमे

Transliteration

gobhūtisahiraṇyādi cānnaṃ vastraṃ svaśaktitaḥ | dātavyaṃ pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha pāreśvaravarāśrame

Translation

Wahai yang terbaik di antara para Pāṇḍava, di āśrama Pāreśvara yang mulia hendaknya diberikan—menurut kemampuan—sapi, tanah, emas dan sebagainya, juga makanan serta pakaian sebagai dana suci.

Word by Word

• गोभूति: cows and wealth/prosperity
• गोभूति: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + भूति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमास (copulative)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सह (with) — सहार्थक (associative particle)

• हिरण्य: gold
• हिरण्य: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन (समाहार/जातिवाचक)

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Sambandha (Specification/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘आदि’ (etc., beginning with) — समुच्चयार्थ

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• वस्त्रम्: clothing
• वस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• स्वशक्तितः: according to one’s capacity
• स्वशक्तितः: Hetu (Cause/Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; ‘शक्ति’ + तसिल्-प्रत्यय (ततः) = शक्तितः; अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘according to one’s ability’

• दातव्यम्: should be given
• दातव्यम्: Vidhi (Obligation/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृत्)
• Form: कृदन्त (तव्यत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेय/आज्ञार्थ: ‘should be given’ (gerundive/passive necessity)

• पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: O best of the Pāṇḍavas
• पाण्डवश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पाण्डवानां श्रेष्ठः); पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन

• पारेश्वरवराश्रमे: in the excellent hermitage of Pāreśvara
• पारेश्वरवराश्रमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पारेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आश्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (determinative); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

Speaker

Vyāsa (addressing Yudhiṣṭhira) [deduced]

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pāreśvara-varāśrama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (likely Yudhiṣṭhira)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverside hermitage with a Śaiva shrine; a pilgrim offers cows, cloth, and food to ascetics while reciting a sankalpa; Narmadā-like river and forest backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Pāṇḍavaśreṣṭha (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Pāreśvara
• Pāreśvara-varāśrama
• Cows
• Gold

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Giving at a sanctified place, with sincerity and within one’s means, becomes a potent form of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Pāreśvara-varāśrama, a revered sacred locale within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Narmadā landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of cows, land, gold, food, and clothing at Pāreśvara’s hermitage, proportionate to one’s capacity.