Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

गोभूतिलहिरण्यादिदानं कुर्यात्समृद्धिमान् । रामचन्द्रधनुष्कोटावेवमेव समाचरेत्

Transliteration

gobhūtilahiraṇyādidānaṃ kuryātsamṛddhimān | rāmacandradhanuṣkoṭāvevameva samācaret

Translation

Sesiapa yang makmur hendaklah memberi dāna seperti lembu, tanah, bijan, emas dan seumpamanya. Di tempat suci yang disebut ‘hujung busur Rāmacandra’ juga hendaklah dilakukan dengan cara yang sama.

Word by Word

• गो-भू-तिल-हिरण्य-आदि-दानम्: donation of cows, land, sesame, gold, etc.
• गो-भू-तिल-हिरण्य-आदि-दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + भू (प्रातिपदिक) + तिल (प्रातिपदिक) + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (“gift of cows, land, sesame, gold, etc.”)

• कुर्यात्: should do/should make
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• समृद्धिमान्: a prosperous man
• समृद्धिमान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + मतुप् (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (“possessed of prosperity/wealthy”)

• रामचन्द्र-धनुष्कोटौ: at (the place called) Rāmacandra-dhanuṣkoṭi
• रामचन्द्र-धनुष्कोटौ: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रामचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; नाम) + धनुष्कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (“at Rāmacandra’s bow-tip (place-name)”)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) अवधारणार्थ (restrictive/emphatic)

• समाचरेत्: should perform properly
• समाचरेत्: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Setukhaṇḍa instructional narration style within Skanda Purāṇa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rāmacandra-dhanuṣkoṭi (Dhanushkodi)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvijas/ritual performers

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Dhanushkodi’s sandy spit where two seas meet, a wealthy patron offers cows and gold to brāhmaṇas; sesame and ritual items are arranged; a symbolic bow-tip marker recalls Rāma.

Characters & Entities

• Rāmacandra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth gains sacred purpose when converted into dāna at holy places, strengthening dharma and accruing puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu region, specifically the locale called Rāmacandra-dhanuṣkoṭi (the ‘bow-tip’ place).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prosperous should perform dāna—cows, land, sesame, gold, etc.—and observe the same prescribed rite at Rāma’s dhanuṣkoṭi.