Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

पूजयेद्गोहिरण्येन वस्त्रोपानहभोजनैः । छत्रशय्याप्रदानेन सर्वपापक्षयो भवेत्

Transliteration

pūjayedgohiraṇyena vastropānahabhojanaiḥ | chatraśayyāpradānena sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

Translation

गाय व सुवर्ण, तसेच वस्त्रे, पादुका व भोजन अर्पण करून पूजन करावे। छत्र व शय्या दान केल्याने सर्व पापांचा पूर्ण क्षय होतो।

Word by Word

• पूजयेत्: should worship/honour
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• गो-हिरण्येन: with cows and gold
• गो-हिरण्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• वस्त्र-उपानह-भोजनैः: with clothes, footwear, and food
• वस्त्र-उपानह-भोजनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + उपानह्/उपानत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• छत्र-शय्या-प्रदानेन: by the giving of umbrellas and beds
• छत्र-शय्या-प्रदानेन: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शय्या (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/करणे (by means of)

• सर्व-पाप-क्षयः: destruction of all sins
• सर्व-पाप-क्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भवेत्: would occur/should be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration to a king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donation pavilion near a river/temple: cows adorned with garlands, gold offered in a vessel, stacks of cloth, sandals, food pots, umbrellas, and bedding being gifted to worthy brāhmaṇas and the needy.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generous dāna offered in a sacred context becomes a direct means for pāpa-kṣaya (the weakening and ending of sin).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region (Revā Khaṇḍa) where offerings and worship are praised for exceptional merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of cows, gold, food, clothes, footwear, umbrellas, and beds as acts of worship.