Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

जमदग्निरुवाच । प्रतिग्रहसमर्थो यस्तपो वर्द्धयते महान् । न करोति तपस्तस्य जायते च सहस्रधा

Transliteration

jamadagniruvāca | pratigrahasamartho yastapo varddhayate mahān | na karoti tapastasya jāyate ca sahasradhā

Translation

ജമദഗ്നി പറഞ്ഞു—ദാനം സ്വീകരിക്കാൻ ശേഷിയുണ്ടായിട്ടും മഹത്തായ തപസ് വർധിപ്പിച്ച് സ്വീകരിക്കാതിരിക്കുന്നവന്റെ തപസ് ആയിരമടങ്ങായി വർധിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रतिग्रहसमर्थः: capable of accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहसमर्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratigraha + samartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रतिग्रहे समर्थः’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वर्द्धयते: increases
• वर्द्धयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थः (causative sense ‘to increase’)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasradhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

Speaker

Jamadagni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of sages/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Jamadagni speaks to an assembly of pilgrims/ṛṣis; a donor approaches with gifts, but the sage gently declines, holding a kamaṇḍalu and japa-mālā, radiating tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Voluntary non-acceptance (aparigraha) strengthens austerity and inner merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, emphasizing purity befitting a sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implicitly addresses pratigraha (receiving gifts) and praises restraint in accepting, as a form of tapas.