Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

श्रुतं शौर्यं तपः कन्या शिष्याद्यं चान्वयागतम् । धनं सप्तविधं शुक्लमुपायोप्यस्य तादृशः

Transliteration

śrutaṃ śauryaṃ tapaḥ kanyā śiṣyādyaṃ cānvayāgatam | dhanaṃ saptavidhaṃ śuklamupāyopyasya tādṛśaḥ

Translation

വിദ്യ, ശൗര്യം, തപസ്, കന്യ, ശിഷ്യാദികൾ, കൂടാതെ വംശപരമ്പരയായി ലഭിച്ച ധനം—ഇവ ഏഴ് തരത്തിലുള്ള ‘ധനം’ ശുക്ലം (ശുദ്ധം) എന്നു പറയുന്നു; അവ നേടുന്ന ഉപായവും അതുപോലെ ശുദ്ധമാണ്.

Word by Word

• śrutam: learning (scriptural knowledge)
• śrutam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (learning/what is heard)

• śauryam: valor
• śauryam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śaurya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kanyā: a maiden/daughter
• kanyā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kanyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• śiṣya-ādyam: disciples and the like
• śiṣya-ādyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘शिष्यः आदिः यस्य’/‘शिष्यादि’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• anvaya-āgatam: obtained through lineage/inherited
• anvaya-āgatam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anvaya (प्रातिपदिक) + āgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam (धातु) + ā + kta)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘अन्वयेन आगतम्’ = inherited)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• sapta-vidham: of seven kinds
• sapta-vidham: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक) + vidha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (sevenfold kinds)

• śuklam: pure/white (righteous)
• śuklam: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śukla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• upāyaḥ: means/method
• upāyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: upāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even) निपात

• asya: of this (wealth)
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tādṛśaḥ: of that kind/similar
• tādṛśaḥ: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tādṛśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; गुणवाचक/सादृश्यवाचक

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) speaking to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (typical frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharmic householder in Prabhāsa prepares śrāddha offerings, while symbolic ‘seven pure wealths’ appear as emblems: palm-leaf learning, sword of valor, ascetic fire of tapas, a daughter with lamp, disciples with manuscripts, ancestral lineage-tree, and a clean coffer—each glowing white (śukla).

Characters & Entities

• Śrāddha
• Dvija-dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True ‘wealth’ includes virtue and relationships grounded in dharma, and purity lies in both what is gained and how it is gained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where dharmic standards for offerings and livelihood are taught.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

For śrāddha and sacred rites, prefer ‘śukla’ (pure) forms of wealth and pure means of acquisition.