Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

फलव्रीहिसमोपेतां शय्यां वस्त्रसमन्विताम् । सुवर्णं दक्षिणायां च तथैव च फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

phalavrīhisamopetāṃ śayyāṃ vastrasamanvitām | suvarṇaṃ dakṣiṇāyāṃ ca tathaiva ca phalaṃ labhet

Translation

ഫലവും വ്രീഹിയും ചേർന്ന ശയ്യ വസ്ത്രങ്ങളോടുകൂടെ ദാനം ചെയ്യണം; ദക്ഷിണയായി സ്വർണ്ണവും നൽകണം. അങ്ങനെ ചെയ്താൽ അതിനനുസരിച്ച പുണ്യഫലം ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• फलव्रीहिसमोपेताम्: provided with fruits and rice
• फलव्रीहिसमोपेताम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फल + व्रीहि + समुपेत (प्रातिपदिक; √इ क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (शय्याम्)

• शय्याम्: a bed
• शय्याम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• वस्त्रसमन्विताम्: accompanied by garments
• वस्त्रसमन्विताम्: Karman (Object-qualifier/कर्मविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वस्त्र + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक; √इ क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (शय्याम्)

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• दक्षिणायाम्: as a dakṣiṇā (gift)
• दक्षिणायाम्: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; दान-प्रसङ्गे 'दक्षिणायाम्' = 'as a gift/fee' (in the dakṣiṇā)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तथैव: likewise
• तथैव: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा + एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; 'तथा एव' = एवमेव (just so/likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijoत्तamāḥ (addressed audience: best of twice-born)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a neatly arranged bed with folded garments, bowls of rice and fruits, and a small gold offering to a seated priest near a tīrtha pavilion; attendants witness the sankalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣiṇā (ritual fee)
• Brāhmaṇa (implied recipient)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed with completeness—supporting comfort, sustenance, and honorarium—ripens into commensurate punya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is focused on dāna-vidhi and its fruit; it does not specify a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform śayyā-dāna (bed donation) with fruits, rice, garments, and give gold as dakṣiṇā to conclude the rite.