Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पानीयं भूमिदानं च शालीनिक्षुरसांस्तथा । आरक्तवाससी श्लक्ष्णे दम्पत्योर्ललितादिने

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca śālīnikṣurasāṃstathā | āraktavāsasī ślakṣṇe dampatyorlalitādine

Translation

കുടിവെള്ളവും ഭൂമിയും ദാനം, അരിയും കരിമ്പിൻ നീരും; കൂടാതെ മൃദുവായ ചുവപ്പുനിറമുള്ള വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ—ലലിതാ ശുഭദിനത്തിൽ ദമ്പതികൾക്കായി ഇവ ദാനയോഗ്യം.

Word by Word

• पानीयम्: drinking water
• पानीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शालीन्: rice grains (śāli-rice)
• शालीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• इक्षुरसान्: sugarcane juices
• इक्षुरसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इक्षोः रसः)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (likewise)

• आरक्तवाससी: two reddish garments
• आरक्तवाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रक्त + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः (आरक्ते वाससी)

• श्लक्ष्णे: soft; smooth (two)
• श्लक्ष्णे: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (वाससी)

• दम्पत्योः: of the couple (husband and wife)
• दम्पत्योः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (दम्पती-द्वन्द्वार्थक-युगल), षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• ललितादिने: on the pleasant day
• ललितादिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललित + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (ललितं दिनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa instructional voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Lalitā-dina observance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a festive Lalitā day by the river, a donor offers water vessels, a small land-grant token, rice, sugarcane-juice, and soft red garments to an honored couple seated together; floral decorations and lamps suggest celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Lalitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-specific giving (tithi-based dāna) is taught as a focused way to cultivate auspiciousness for household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single locality is named; the verse belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) section’s dharma-instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Lalitā day, offer water and land, rice and sugarcane juice, and soft reddish garments (as prescribed).