Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

हिरण्मयं यथाशक्त्या प्रक्षिपेत्तत्र कंकणम् । ततः पितॄंस्तर्पयित्वा गच्छेद्देवं कपर्दिनम्

Transliteration

hiraṇmayaṃ yathāśaktyā prakṣipettatra kaṃkaṇam | tataḥ pitṝṃstarpayitvā gaccheddevaṃ kapardinam

Translation

यथाशक्ती तेथे सुवर्णमय कंकण अर्पण करावे। नंतर पितरांचे तर्पण करून जटाधारी देव कपर्दिन (शिव) यांच्याकडे जावे।

Word by Word

• हिरण्मयम्: golden
• हिरण्मयम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (कंकणम्)

• यथाशक्त्या: according to ability
• यथाशक्त्या: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; अर्थः “शक्त्यानुसारम्” (according to one’s ability)

• प्रक्षिपेत्: should throw/place
• प्रक्षिपेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• कंकणम्: bracelet/bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequential/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (thereafter)

• पितॄन्: the ancestors
• पितॄन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• तर्पयित्वा: having satisfied (with offerings)
• तर्पयित्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्/तर्प् (धातु) + णिच् + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (having satisfied/propitiated)

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• देवम्: to the god
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• कपर्दिनम्: Kapardin (Śiva, the matted-haired)
• कपर्दिनम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कपर्दिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (देवम्); शिवस्य नाम

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya narration style within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Kapardin-Śiva precinct)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the Prabhāsa shore, a pilgrim offers a golden bracelet into the prescribed place (as dāna/nikṣepa), then performs pitṛ-tarpaṇa with water-libations; afterward, the pilgrim walks toward a shrine of Kapardin Śiva, identifiable by matted locks iconography.

Characters & Entities

• Pitṛs
• Kapardin (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through capacity-based charity, honoring ancestors, and then approaching Śiva—integrating dāna, tarpaṇa, and devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), a प्रमुख tīrtha praised in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer a golden bracelet as dāna, perform pitṛ-tarpaṇa, and then go for darśana/worship of Kapardin (Śiva).