Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

वस्त्रमाभरणं या च पुष्पधूपादिकं तथा । तुभ्यं दास्यति तत्सर्वं तस्याः कोटिगुणं फलम्

Transliteration

vastramābharaṇaṃ yā ca puṣpadhūpādikaṃ tathā | tubhyaṃ dāsyati tatsarvaṃ tasyāḥ koṭiguṇaṃ phalam

Translation

ഏതു സ്ത്രീയാണു നിങ്ങള്ക്ക് വസ്ത്രവും ആഭരണവും, അതുപോലെ പുഷ്പം ധൂപം മുതലായവയും എന്തെങ്കിലും സമർപ്പിക്കുന്നതോ, അവൾക്കു ആ സമസ്ത ദാനഫലം കോടിഗുണമായി ലഭിക്കും।

Word by Word

• vastram: cloth, garment
• vastram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ābharaṇam: ornament
• ābharaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ābharaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• yā: who (she who)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• puṣpa-dhūpa-ādikam: flowers, incense, etc.
• puṣpa-dhūpa-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dhūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective)

• tathā: likewise, also
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• tubhyam: to you
• tubhyam: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• dāsyati: will give
• dāsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (demonstrative)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tasyāḥ: of her
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• koṭi-guṇam: million-fold
• koṭi-guṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (koṭyāḥ guṇam = million-fold)

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (continuation; enumerating pūjā-upacāras and dāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/śaunakādayaḥ (typical Sūta audience; not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A city-temple setting where women devotees present garments, ornaments, flowers, and incense to a radiant Goddess; attendants hold trays of offerings; the atmosphere is festive and devotional.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (recipient, implied)
• Woman devotee (yā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving (dāna) offered as worship becomes spiritually amplified, teaching generosity as a pathway to śreyas (higher good).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya frame, the tīrtha’s sanctity is shown by the extraordinary reward promised for offerings made there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering standard worship items—cloth, ornaments, flowers, incense, etc.—with the assurance of multiplied spiritual benefit.