Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

ददतामक्षयं सर्वं यमहास्ये न संशयः । अमावास्यां जितक्रोधो यस्तु पूजयते द्विजान्

Transliteration

dadatāmakṣayaṃ sarvaṃ yamahāsye na saṃśayaḥ | amāvāsyāṃ jitakrodho yastu pūjayate dvijān

Translation

ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവരുടെ സകല പുണ്യവും യമദ്വാരത്തിലും അക്ഷയമാകുന്നു—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല। അമാവാസിയിൽ ക്രോധം ജയിച്ച് ദ്വിജന്മാരെ (ബ്രാഹ്മണരെ) പൂജിച്ച് ആദരിക്കുന്നവൻ അവ്യയഫലം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• ददताम्: let (them) give
• ददताम्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; ‘let them give’

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘सर्वम्’)

• सर्वम्: everything
• सर्वम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘everything’ (object of ददताम्)

• यमहास्ये: in/at Yama’s laughter (i.e., in the realm of Yama)
• यमहास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम + हास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘यमस्य हास्यम्’ — ‘in Yama’s laughter/at Yama’s (mocking) face’ (idiomatic)

• न: no / not
• न: निषेध (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अमावास्याम्: on Amāvāsyā (new moon)
• अमावास्याम्: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमावास्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘on the new-moon day’

• जितक्रोधः: having conquered anger
• जितक्रोधः: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त; √जि धातु) + क्रोध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः ‘जितः क्रोधः येन’ (i.e., one who has conquered anger)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed / but
• तु: सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (emphatic/contrast particle)

• पूजयते: worships / honors
• पूजयते: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• द्विजान्: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजान्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (listener named in v.19).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Amāvāsyā-dāna)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nareśvara (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Amāvāsyā twilight at a riverbank: a householder with calm face offers pādya and food to brāhmaṇas; Yama’s gate is shown symbolically behind, barred by radiant merit.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Amāvāsyā
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity and respectful service performed with self-control—especially freedom from anger—yields inexhaustible merit and mitigates fear of Yama.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa, thus set within the sacred geography of the Revā (Narmadā) region, though this verse focuses on Amāvāsyā-dharma rather than naming a single tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Amāvāsyā, conquer anger and honor/worship brāhmaṇas; the act is framed as dāna and pūjā that becomes akṣaya (inexhaustible).