Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

अत्र पूज्यौ विशेषेण नरैः श्रद्धासमन्वितः । वैशाखे मास्यलंकारैर्वस्त्रैश्च द्विजदंपती

Transliteration

atra pūjyau viśeṣeṇa naraiḥ śraddhāsamanvitaḥ | vaiśākhe māsyalaṃkārairvastraiśca dvijadaṃpatī

Translation

ഇവിടെ ശ്രദ്ധയോടെ ജനങ്ങൾ വൈശാഖമാസത്തിൽ പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ആഭരണങ്ങളും വസ്ത്രങ്ങളും നൽകി ബ്രാഹ്മണ ദമ്പതികളെ പൂജിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• पूज्यौ: should be worshipped (two persons)
• पूज्यौ: Vidhi (Injunction/विधि)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (पूज् धातु) → पूज्य (कृत्य-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृत्य-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; विधेय-भावः 'to be worshipped'

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय-प्रयोगः (तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषण)

• नरैः: by men/people
• नरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: endowed with faith
• श्रद्धा-समन्वितः: Kriya-vishesana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रद्धा (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (सम् + अन्वि/इ धातु → समन्वित, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (श्रद्धया समन्वितः) — intended adverbially 'with faith'

• वैशाखे: in Vaiśākha
• वैशाखे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• अलंकारैः: with ornaments
• अलंकारैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• वस्त्रैः: with garments
• वस्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक

• द्विजदंपती: the Brahmin couple
• द्विजदंपती: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + दंपती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, द्विवचन; दंपती-शब्दः द्विवचनान्तः; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (द्विजयोः दंपती)

Speaker

Narrator (Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (dāna-sthāna within the māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrims/householders seeking phala (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim family in Ayodhyā respectfully offers folded garments and ornaments to a seated brāhmaṇa couple under a canopy near a temple courtyard, with lamps and water-pot nearby, in the bright heat of Vaiśākha.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha
• Dvija-dampatī (Brāhmaṇa couple)
• Dāna (garments/ornaments)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful service and gifting to worthy Brāhmaṇas—especially in Vaiśākha—strengthens dharma and multiplies merit at a holy place.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā Māhātmya ‘here’ refers to the tīrtha/region under discussion within Ayodhyā’s sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of garments and ornaments to a Brāhmaṇa couple during Vaiśākha.