Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यो दद्यात्कपिलादानमुत्तमम् । विधानेन तु संयुक्तं शृणु तस्यापि यत्फलम्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yo dadyātkapilādānamuttamam | vidhānena tu saṃyuktaṃ śṛṇu tasyāpi yatphalam

Translation

នៅទីរថនោះ អ្នកណាដែលប្រគេនទានកពិលាទានដ៏ប្រសើរ (បរិច្ចាគគោពណ៌ត្នោតមាស) តាមវិធីពិធីដ៏ត្រឹមត្រូវ សូមស្តាប់ផ្លែផលនៃកិច្ចនោះផង។

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; स्थानवाचक (there)

• तीर्थे: at the tīrtha
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (particle)

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

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; should give

• कपिलादानम्: gift of a tawny cow (kapilā-dāna)
• कपिलादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला-दान (प्रातिपदिक; कपिला + दान)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

• उत्तमम्: excellent, best
• उत्तमम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Accusative singular; qualifying कपिलादानम्

• विधानेन: with proper procedure/rite
• विधानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (particle)

• संयुक्तम्: accompanied by, joined with
• संयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयुक्त (कृदन्त; √युज् धातु, सम्-उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; past passive participle; qualifying (कपिलादानम्) understood

• शृणु: hear, listen
• शृणु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; imperative

• तस्य: of that (gift/act)
• तस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षार्थक (also/even)

• यत्: what
• यत्: Visheshana (Specifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; interrogative/relative 'what'; Accusative singular qualifying फलम्

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; Accusative singular

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata / Narādhipa (king addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a riverbank tīrtha, a donor offers a tawny kapilā cow with ritual water, kusa grass, and dakṣiṇā to a learned brāhmaṇa; the scene foreshadows celestial reward.

Characters & Entities

• kapilā (tawny cow)
• dāna
• tīrtha
• Śaṅkara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes especially meritorious when done at a sacred place and performed with correct intention and prescribed rite (vidhi).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha being discussed in Revā Khaṇḍa, within the Narmadā/Revā pilgrimage framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kapilā-dāna (donating a tawny cow), explicitly to be done vidhānena—according to ritual procedure.