Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

स्नात्वाग्नितीर्थे विधिवत्कंकणं प्रक्षिपेततः । सुवर्णस्य महादेवि यथावित्तानु सारतः

Transliteration

snātvāgnitīrthe vidhivatkaṃkaṇaṃ prakṣipetataḥ | suvarṇasya mahādevi yathāvittānu sārataḥ

Translation

ഹേ മഹാദേവി! അഗ്നിതീർത്ഥത്തിൽ വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്ത്, പിന്നെ തൻ്റെ ശേഷിയനുസരിച്ച് സ്വർണ്ണകങ്കണം അർപ്പിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), धातु: स्ना (to bathe)

• अग्नितीर्थे: at the Agni-tīrtha
• अग्नितीर्थे: अधिकरण (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (अग्नेः तीर्थम्)

• विधिवत्: according to rule/properly
• विधिवत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• कंकणम्: a bracelet/bangle
• कंकणम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• प्रक्षिपेत्: should throw/cast (in)
• प्रक्षिपेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध/अनुक्रम (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• सुवर्णस्य: of gold
• सुवर्णस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• महादेवि: O great goddess
• महादेवि: सम्बोधन (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महादेवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• यथा: as/according to
• यथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• वित्तानुसारतः: according to one’s means/wealth
• वित्तानुसारतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner/Measure)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb); तद्धितान्त -तस् (ablatival/adverbial) = 'in accordance with'; तत्पुरुष (वित्तस्य अनुसारः)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Agnitīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahādevī (as addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed, offers a golden bracelet into the prescribed place (tīrtha offering point/fire/ritual receptacle), with a goddess addressed as Mahādevī in the narrative frame; attendants witness the act as a model of yathā-vitta dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Agnitīrtha
• Mahādevī (addressed)
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links purification (snāna) with generosity (dāna), calibrated to one’s capacity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Agnitīrtha at Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe properly at Agnitīrtha and offer a gold bracelet (or equivalent) according to one’s means.