Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 171

Devanagari script

कौपीनाच्छादनं छत्रं पादुके च कमण्डलुम् । दत्त्वा संन्यासिनां याति सप्त कल्पानि तत्फलम्

Transliteration

kaupīnācchādanaṃ chatraṃ pāduke ca kamaṇḍalum | dattvā saṃnyāsināṃ yāti sapta kalpāni tatphalam

Translation

जो संन्याशांना कौपीन व आच्छादन, छत्र, पादुका आणि कमंडलू दान देतो, तो त्या दानाचे फळ सात कल्पांपर्यंत प्राप्त करतो.

Word by Word

• कौपीन-आच्छादनम्: a loincloth covering
• कौपीन-आच्छादनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कौपीन (प्रातिपदिक) + आच्छादन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (कौपीनस्य आच्छादनम् = loincloth covering)

• छत्रम्: an umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पादुके: a pair of sandals
• पादुके: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• कमण्डलुम्: a water-pot
• कमण्डलुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकाल (having given)

• संन्यासिनाम्: to renunciants
• संन्यासिनाम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संन्यासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) बहुवचन (or दत्तव्य-सम्प्रदानार्थे षष्ठी); recipients

• याति: attains/goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्याविशेषण; नपुंसक-बहुवचन-विशेषण (qualifying कल्पानि)

• कल्पानि: kalpas (aeons)
• कल्पानि: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (or नपुंसक in some usage; here neuter plural form), द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) बहुवचन; कालपरिमाण

• तत्-फलम्: that result
• तत्-फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (that fruit/result)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim in Dvārakā respectfully offers a bundle of simple ascetic requisites—loincloth, cloth covering, umbrella, sandals, and a water-pot—to a serene saṃnyāsin near a temple approach, with the sea-wind and flags in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Saṃnyāsins
• Kamaṇḍalu
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Supporting renunciants with essential items is exalted as a high dharmic charity whose merit endures across vast cosmic time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate verse focuses on dāna to saṃnyāsins; within this adhyāya it remains part of Dvārakā Māhātmya’s broader praise of Dvārakā-centered merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna to saṃnyāsins: gifting kaupīna/garments, umbrella, sandals, and kamaṇḍalu as prescribed charitable support.