Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 131

Devanagari script

अतः सुवर्णदानेन प्रीताः स्युः सर्वदेवताः । तदर्घं सर्वदा दातुः प्रीतो भवतु शङ्करः

Transliteration

ataḥ suvarṇadānena prītāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ | tadarghaṃ sarvadā dātuḥ prīto bhavatu śaṅkaraḥ

Translation

അതുകൊണ്ട് സ്വർണ്ണദാനത്താൽ സർവദേവതകളും പ്രസന്നരാകും. ആ അർഘ്യസമർപ്പണത്താൽ ദാതാവിനോട് ശങ്കരൻ എപ്പോഴും പ്രസന്നനായിരിക്കട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• अतः: therefore
• अतः: Hetu/Nishkarsha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/निष्कर्षसूचक अव्यय)

• सुवर्णदानेन: by the gift of gold
• सुवर्णदानेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; 'सुवर्णस्य दानम्'

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु) → प्रीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वदेवताः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• स्युः: may be
• स्युः: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• सर्वदेवताः: all the deities
• सर्वदेवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'सर्वाः देवताः' (समासार्थे)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; अर्घम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• अर्घम्: value/price (worth)
• अर्घम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kala-adhikarana (Temporal adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दातुः: of the giver
• दातुः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्री (धातु) → प्रीत (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शङ्करः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• भवतु: may (he) be
• भवतु: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शङ्करः: Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• शङ्करः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha milieu (general)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a golden arghya vessel or gold offering before a Śiva-liṅga, while subtle divine presences (devas) are suggested as being pleased in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Sarva-devatāḥ (all deities)
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Suvarṇa-dāna
• Arghya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generosity is a purifier: dāna harmonizes one with the devas and draws Śiva’s enduring favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha tradition, where charity is taught as an essential limb of pilgrimage worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform suvarṇa-dāna and associated offerings (arghya), seeking the pleasure of all devatās and Śaṅkara.