Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

दानस्यास्य प्रभावेण यमराजप्रसादतः । नरकेऽहं न यास्यामि द्विज जन्मनि जन्मनि

Transliteration

dānasyāsya prabhāveṇa yamarājaprasādataḥ | narake'haṃ na yāsyāmi dvija janmani janmani

Translation

ഈ ദാനത്തിന്റെ പ്രഭാവത്താലും യമരാജന്റെ പ്രസാദത്താലും, ഹേ ദ്വിജാ! ഞാൻ ജന്മം ജന്മമായി നരകത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• दानस्य: of the gift/charity
• दानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अस्य: of this
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रभावेण: by (its) power/effect
• प्रभावेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• यमराजप्रसादतः: due to Yamarāja’s favor
• यमराजप्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यमराज + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त: -तः); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (यमराजस्य प्रसादः) + -तः (from/through)

• नरके: in hell
• नरके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुषार्थे सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• यास्यामि: I shall go
• यास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• द्विज: O twice-born
• द्विज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• जन्मनि: in (each) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• जन्मनि: in birth after birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

Speaker

A beneficiary/devotee speaking to a brāhmaṇa (within Mārkaṇḍeya’s narrated account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija (addressed brāhmaṇa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor offers gifts to a brāhmaṇa at a riverside tīrtha; Yama, depicted as a regal judge, grants favor, while hellish imagery is kept at bay.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna
• Yamarāja
• Naraka
• Dvija

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity (dāna), when performed righteously, generates lasting puṇya that protects one from infernal suffering across successive births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding Revā Khaṇḍa context links dāna to tīrtha-prabhāva in the Narmadā region, though this verse itself highlights dāna and Yama’s favor.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) is the explicit prescription; it is presented as spiritually efficacious and protective.