Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 89

Devanagari script

दानं चैव यथाशक्त्या जयादित्याग्रतः स्थितः । तस्य पुण्यस्य माहात्म्यं शृणुष्वैकमना जय

Transliteration

dānaṃ caiva yathāśaktyā jayādityāgrataḥ sthitaḥ | tasya puṇyasya māhātmyaṃ śṛṇuṣvaikamanā jaya

Translation

ထို့ပြင် ဇယာဒိတျ၏ ရှေ့၌ ရပ်လျက် ကိုယ်တတ်နိုင်သမျှ ဒါန (လှူဒါန်း) ကို ပြုရမည်။ အို ဇယ၊ စိတ်တစ်ချက်တည်းဖြင့် ထိုကုသိုလ်၏ မဟာတန်ခိုးကို နားထောင်လော့။

Word by Word

• दानम्: gift, charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (कुर्यात् इति अध्याहारः)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Prayojaka (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphatic particle)

• यथा-शक्त्या: according to one’s capacity
• यथा-शक्त्या: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्; अर्थे: 'शक्त्यानुसारम्' (according to ability)

• जय-आदित्य-अग्रतः: in front of Jayāditya
• जय-आदित्य-अग्रतः: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक) + आदित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्रतस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (अग्रतः-प्रधान); समस्तपदम् अव्ययवत्; अर्थे: 'जयादित्यस्य पुरतः'

• स्थितः: standing
• स्थितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्था (धातु) → स्थित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• तस्य: of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पुण्यस्य: of the merit
• पुण्यस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• माहात्म्यम्: greatness, glory
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्म (शृणुष्व)

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), आत्मनेपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• एक-मनाः: single-minded
• एक-मनाः: Sambodhana (Address-qualifier/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक) + मनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (एकं मनः यस्य); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बोधनस्य (जय) विशेषण

• जय: O Jaya
• जय: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Jayāditya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Jaya (explicitly addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee stands with joined palms before a radiant solar deity (Jayāditya), offering cloth and coins to a priest or needy recipient; behind, a small sanctum lamp glows, and listeners sit ready to hear the māhātmya.

Characters & Entities

• Jayāditya
• Dāna
• Jaya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is scalable: sincere giving according to capacity, offered before the deity, becomes spiritually weighty.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse centers on Jayāditya’s presence; the passage context connects to Sun tīrthas like Ravikūpa/Koṭitīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yathāśakti dāna (charity as one is able) while standing before Jayāditya.