Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

दैत्यारिक्षेत्रमासाद्य यत्किंचित्कुरुते नरः । अन्यक्षेत्रात्कोटिगुणं पुण्यं भूयान्न संशयः

Transliteration

daityārikṣetramāsādya yatkiṃcitkurute naraḥ | anyakṣetrātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūyānna saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ദൈത്യാരി-ക്ഷേത്രത്തിലെത്തി മനുഷ്യൻ അല്പമെങ്കിലും എന്ത് കര്‍മ്മം ചെയ്താലും, അത് മറ്റു ക്ഷേത്രങ്ങളിലേതിനെക്കാൾ കോടി മടങ്ങ് അധിക പുണ്യം നൽകുന്നു; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• daityārikṣetram: the sacred region of Daityāri (Viṣṇu)
• daityārikṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daitya-ari + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (daityānām ariḥ = enemy of demons; tasya kṣetram = the field/region of Daityāri)

• āsādya: having reached
• āsādya: Kriya (Non-finite verb; prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘आसाद्य’ = प्राप्त्वा (having reached)

• yat: whatever
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘यत्…तत्’ निर्माणे

• kiṃcit: anything (at all)
• kiṃcit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-परिमाण (something/anything)

• kurute: does, performs
• kurute: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘करोति’

• naraḥ: a man, person
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• anya-kṣetrāt: than (from) another sacred place
• anya-kṣetrāt: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (other field/place)

• koṭiguṇam: crore-fold
• koṭiguṇam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (koṭyā guṇam = a crore-fold); ‘puṇyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• bhūyān: greater, more abundant
• bhūyān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūyas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-रूप (comparative) ‘अधिकतरः’; (अत्र ‘puṇyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणार्थे प्रयोगः)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = no doubt

Speaker

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Daityāri-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim entering a radiant coastal sacred precinct labeled Daityāri-kṣetra; subtle divine aura indicating that even a small offering becomes vast merit.

Characters & Entities

• Daityāri-kṣetra
• Puṇya
• Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Great holy places magnify even small acts into immense merit when performed with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Daityāri-kṣetra, a sanctified domain within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is mandated; the verse states that any action performed there becomes crore-fold in merit.