Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
सुवर्णदाने यत्पुण्यमहन्यहनि तद्भवेत्
Transliteration
suvarṇadāne yatpuṇyamahanyahani tadbhavet
Translation
सुवर्णदानाने जे पुण्य दिवसेंदिवस उत्पन्न होते, तेच पुण्य तेथे प्राप्त होते।
Word by Word
सुवर्णदानेin the giving of gold
सुवर्णदाने:
Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसुवर्ण + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुवर्णस्य दानम्)
यत्which (that)
यत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन
अहनिon a day
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
अहनिday by day
अहनि:
Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iteration: ‘day after day’)
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सूचक (correlative pronoun)
भवेत्would be / may arise
भवेत्:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्
Speaker
Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa narrative style)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Vipra (implied continuation)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A devotee offers a small gold coin or ornament to a worthy recipient on the ghat after bathing; the scene emphasizes humility and continuity (suggested by a row of days/sunrise motifs).
Characters & Entities
S
Suvarṇa-dāna (gold charity)FAQs
The tīrtha’s sanctity is so great that its spiritual yield is likened to repeated, costly acts of charity.
The Ayodhyā saṅgama tīrtha described in this adhyāya.
Charity—specifically suvarṇa-dāna—is cited as a standard of merit for comparison.