Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

कम्बले कम्बलं दद्याच्छ्रोण्यां मधु घृतं तथा । यवसं पायसं दद्याद्घृतं क्षौद्रसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

kambale kambalaṃ dadyācchroṇyāṃ madhu ghṛtaṃ tathā | yavasaṃ pāyasaṃ dadyādghṛtaṃ kṣaudrasamanvitam

Translation

കമ്പളത്തിന്മേൽ കമ്പളം ദാനം ചെയ്യണം; കടി-പ്രദേശത്ത് മധുവും ഘൃതവും കൂടി അർപ്പിക്കണം. യവമേവയും പായസവും ദാനം ചെയ്ത്, മധു കലർന്ന ഘൃതത്തോടുകൂടി നൽകണം.

Word by Word

• kambale: on/for a blanket (as the occasion/recipient context)
• kambale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• kambalam: a blanket
• kambalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should give’

• śroṇyām: on the hip/loin (region)
• śroṇyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• madhu: honey
• madhu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अव्ययपद; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (also/likewise)

• yavasam: fodder/grass
• yavasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yavasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• pāyasam: milk-rice/pāyasa
• pāyasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should give’

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• kṣaudra-samanvitam: accompanied with honey
• kṣaudra-samanvitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣaudra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषण (घृतस्य)

Speaker

Textual narrator continuing the itemized dāna-vidhi (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the sandy bank of the Revā at dawn, a pilgrim household arranges gifts: folded blankets on a clean cloth, small vessels of honey and ghee, bundles of fodder, and a steaming bowl of payasa; priests recite mantras while the river glints behind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A complete gift includes supportive provisions; generosity is expressed through both the main donation and its proper accompaniments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a dāna-vidhi passage within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give blankets and food-offerings such as honey, ghee, fodder, and pāyasa, arranged as prescribed in the rite.