Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

दक्षिणां दिशमास्थाय यत्किंचित्तत्र दीयते । चण्डीशस्य वरारोहे तत्सर्वं चाक्षयं भवेत्

Transliteration

dakṣiṇāṃ diśamāsthāya yatkiṃcittatra dīyate | caṇḍīśasya varārohe tatsarvaṃ cākṣayaṃ bhavet

Translation

വരാരോഹേ! തെക്കുദിശയെ അഭിമുഖീകരിച്ച് ചണ്ഡീശനുമായി ബന്ധപ്പെട്ട് അവിടെ എന്തെങ്കിലും ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ, അതെല്ലാം അക്ഷയ പുണ്യമായി ഭവിക്കും।

Word by Word

• dakṣiṇām: southern
• dakṣiṇām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); viśeṣaṇa of diśam

• diśam: direction
• diśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: diś (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Dvitīyā-vibhakti (Accusative/2nd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• āsthāya: having gone to; having taken refuge in
• āsthāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (त्वान्त/ल्यप्), avyaya; ‘having resorted to/going to’

• yat: whatever which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); relative pronoun qualifying kiṃcit

• kiṃcit: anything; something
• kiṃcit: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); indef. ‘something/anything’

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; deśa-avyaya (locative adverb)

• dīyate: is given
• dīyate: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (Present), Karmaṇi-prayoga (Passive), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

• caṇḍīśasya: of Caṇḍīśa
• caṇḍīśasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caṇḍīśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (m.), Ṣaṣṭhī-vibhakti (Genitive/6th), Ekavacana (Singular)

• varārohe: O fair-hipped one; O lovely lady
• varārohe: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varārohā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (f.), Sambodhana-vibhakti (Vocative), Ekavacana (Singular); समास: vara + ārohā (‘she who has a fine ascent/figure’)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); demonstrative qualifying sarvam

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; samuccaya (conjunction)

• akṣayam: imperishable; inexhaustible
• akṣayam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/Predicative (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), Prathamā-vibhakti (Nominative/1st), Ekavacana (Singular); predicate adjective of sarvam

• bhavet: would become; should be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Liṅ-lakāra (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana (Singular)

Speaker

Implied Īśvara (Śiva), addressing Devī (Pārvatī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Caṇḍīśa-sannidhi (within Prabhāsa)

Type: temple

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (addressed as varārohe)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Near a Caṇḍīśa shrine, a donor faces south and offers gifts; an inscription-like aura suggests ‘akṣaya’ merit, with priests witnessing the saṅkalpa.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍīśa
• Devī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In a sanctified place, even small gifts become great—right place and right rite make merit enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Caṇḍīśa-related sacred spot within Prabhāsa Kṣetra, emphasizing the southern side/direction.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give charity while facing the southern direction in the Caṇḍīśa context to obtain akṣaya (imperishable) merit.