Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 17
Devanagari script
दानं दद्याद्यथाशक्त्या नियतो हृष्टमानसः । अनेकभवसंभूतात्कल्मषादखिलादपि
Transliteration
dānaṃ dadyādyathāśaktyā niyato hṛṣṭamānasaḥ | anekabhavasaṃbhūtātkalmaṣādakhilādapi
Translation
力に応じて布施（dāna）をなし、戒めを守って心歓喜せよ。そうすれば、多くの生にわたり積もった一切の罪垢の大いなる集まりからさえ—
Word by Word
दानम्a gift/charity
दानम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन
दद्यात्should give
दद्यात्:
Kriyā (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद
यथाशक्त्याaccording to (one’s) ability
यथाशक्त्या:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः—यथाशक्ति (according to ability)
नियतःdisciplined/regulated
नियतः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootनियत (कृदन्त; नि-√यम्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कर्तरि)
हृष्टमानसःone whose mind is joyful
हृष्टमानसः:
Karta (Subject qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootहृष्ट (कृदन्त; √हृष्) + मानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (हृष्टं मानसं यस्य सः)
अनेकभवसंभूतात्from (sin) arisen from many births
अनेकभवसंभूतात्:
Apādāna (Ablative source)
TypeAdjective
Rootअनेक (प्रातिपदिक) + भव (प्रातिपदिक) + संभूत (कृदन्त; सम्-√भू)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कल्मषात्) — ‘arisen from many births’
कल्मषात्from sin/impurity
कल्मषात्:
Apādāna (Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन
अखिलात्from all (of it)
अखिलात्:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (कल्मषात्)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Particle
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक (also/even)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārtha (Arjuna)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A disciplined pilgrim, serene and smiling, offers alms—food, cloth, coins—after worship; recipients bless him; the mood is clean and sattvic.
Characters & Entities
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dānaK
kalmaṣa (sin)FAQs
Dāna offered with discipline and gladness becomes a powerful purifier of long-standing karmic impurity.
No named tīrtha appears; the merit is tied to the observance and ethical act of giving.
Give charity proportionate to one’s means, while maintaining niyama (discipline) and a joyful disposition.