Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

तत्पुण्यं लभते देवि मूलचण्डीशदर्शनात् । तत्र दानानि देयानि षोडशैव नरोत्तमैः

Transliteration

tatpuṇyaṃ labhate devi mūlacaṇḍīśadarśanāt | tatra dānāni deyāni ṣoḍaśaiva narottamaiḥ

Translation

ദേവീ! മൂലചണ്ഡീശന്റെ ദര്‍ശനത്തിലൂടെ അതേ പുണ്യം ലഭിക്കുന്നു. അവിടെ നരോത്തമര്‍ പതിനാറുവിധ ദാനങ്ങള്‍ അര്‍പ്പിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• लभते: obtains
• लभते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• मूल-चण्डीश-दर्शनात्: from seeing Mūlacaṇḍīśa
• मूल-चण्डीश-दर्शनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक) + चण्डीश (प्रातिपदिक) + दर्शन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-परम्परा: 'मूलस्य चण्डीशस्य दर्शनम्'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• देयानि: should be given
• देयानि: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive/कृत्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (कर्तव्यता: 'to be given')

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत्/अविकारी (used adjectivally)

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नरोत्तमैः: by the best of men
• नरोत्तमैः: Kartr (Agent in passive sense)/Karta (Doer/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास ('उत्तमः नरः'), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mūlacaṇḍīśa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee beholds the Mūlacaṇḍīśa liṅga and then offers a sequence of sixteen gifts to worthy recipients; the scene balances sanctum darśana with a charitable courtyard distribution.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Mūlacaṇḍīśa
• Dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage (darśana) and charity (dāna) together form a complete Purāṇic path of merit and purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Mūlacaṇḍīśa liṅga-site within Prabhāsa kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ṣoḍaśa-dāna—sixteen prescribed gifts to be given by exemplary devotees at that sacred place.