Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

रजतं च तथा गावो भूमिदानमथापि वा । सर्वं कोटिगुणं प्रोक्तमिति स्वायम्भुवोऽब्रवीत्

Transliteration

rajataṃ ca tathā gāvo bhūmidānamathāpi vā | sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ proktamiti svāyambhuvo'bravīt

Translation

വെള്ളി, പശുക്കൾ, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഭൂമിദാനം—ഇവയിൽ ഏതൊന്നായാലും ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, എല്ലാം കോടിഗുണം പുണ്യഫലം നൽകുന്നതായി പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു എന്ന് സ്വായംഭുവൻ (മനു) അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

• रजतम्: silver
• रजतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन — 'silver'

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction) 'and'

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Samuccaya/Anvaya (Also/तथार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) 'likewise/also'

• गावः: cows
• गावः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन — 'cows'

• भूमिदानम्: land-gift
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'gift of land' (भूमेः दानम्)

• अथ: and further
• अथ: Anukrama (Sequencing/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अनुक्रम/आरम्भ (particle) 'then/and further'

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — निपात (particle) 'also/even'

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विकल्प (disjunctive particle) 'or'

• सर्वम्: all this
• सर्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'all (this)'

• कोटिगुणम्: crore-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'multiplied a crore-fold' (कोट्या गुणः)

• प्रोक्तम्: is declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'said/declared'

• इति: thus
• इति: Vakya-parisamapti (Quotation marker/इति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — उद्धरणचिह्न (quotative particle)

• स्वायम्भुवः: Svāyambhuva (Manu)
• स्वायम्भुवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वायम्भुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन — 'Svāyambhuva (Manu)'

• अब्रवीत्: said
• अब्रवीत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — 'said'

Speaker

Svāyambhuva (Manu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Eraṇḍī-saṅgama

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Donor offers a cow with decorated horns, a silver vessel, and a land-grant deed/soil symbol at the confluence shrine; a sage-like figure (Manu) is shown as authority speaking.

Characters & Entities

• Svāyambhuva Manu
• dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered at a consecrated tīrtha becomes immensely magnified in spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Eraṇḍī–Revā (Narmadā) confluence, praised in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna—giving silver, cows, or land—whose merit is said to become koṭiguṇa (crore-fold) at this place.