Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

शुक्लां गां दापयेत्तत्र प्रीयतां मे पितामहाः । ब्राह्मणे शौचसम्पन्ने स्वदारनिरते सदा

Transliteration

śuklāṃ gāṃ dāpayettatra prīyatāṃ me pitāmahāḥ | brāhmaṇe śaucasampanne svadāranirate sadā

Translation

នៅទីនោះ គួររៀបចំឲ្យមានការបរិច្ចាគគោពណ៌ស ដោយគិតថា «សូមបិតាមហៈរបស់ខ្ញុំចូរពេញចិត្ត» ដល់ព្រាហ្មណ៍ដែលសុចរិតស្អាតស្អំ និងស្មោះត្រង់ចំពោះភរិយារបស់ខ្លួនជានិច្ច។

Word by Word

• शुक्लाम्: white
• शुक्लाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुक्ल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (गाम्)

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• दापयेत्: should cause to be given / should give (as a donation)
• दापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) [णिच् causative: दापय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• प्रीयताम्: may (they) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पितामहाः: grandfathers/ancestors
• पितामहाः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितामह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणे: in/with respect to a Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• शौचसम्पन्ने: endowed with cleanliness/purity
• शौचसम्पन्ने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शौच (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पन्न (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ब्राह्मणे); तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (शौचेन सम्पन्नः = endowed with purity)

• स्वदारनिरते: devoted to his own wife
• स्वदारनिरते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + दार (प्रातिपदिक) + निरत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (ब्राह्मणे); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (स्वेषु दारेषु निरतः)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-vishesana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from immediate chapter context in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rājā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the riverbank, a donor offers a white cow in charity while mentally invoking the forefathers; the receiving brāhmaṇa is depicted as clean, composed, and disciplined, symbolizing pātra-śuddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmahāḥ (ancestors)
• Brāhmaṇa
• Cow (go)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes dharma when offered with right intention (ancestor welfare) and to a worthy recipient of pure conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The act is to be performed “there” within the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha setting described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donation of a white cow to a qualified brāhmaṇa, dedicated for the satisfaction of one’s ancestors.