Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

सुवर्णदाने यत्पुण्यमहन्यहनि तद्भवेत्

Transliteration

suvarṇadāne yatpuṇyamahanyahani tadbhavet

Translation

ရွှေကို လှူဒါန်းခြင်းမှ နေ့စဉ်နေ့တိုင်း ပေါ်ပေါက်လာသော ကုသိုလ်—ထိုကုသိုလ်ကို အမှန်တကယ် ထိုနေရာ၌ ရရှိနိုင်သည်။

Word by Word

• सुवर्णदाने: in the giving of gold
• सुवर्णदाने: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सुवर्णस्य दानम्)

• यत्: which (that)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सूचक (relative pronoun)

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• अहनि: on a day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• अहनि: day by day
• अहनि: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iteration: ‘day after day’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; निर्देश-सूचक (correlative pronoun)

• भवेत्: would be / may arise
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (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

• Suvarṇa-dāna (gold charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The tīrtha’s sanctity is so great that its spiritual yield is likened to repeated, costly acts of charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā saṅgama tīrtha described in this adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charity—specifically suvarṇa-dāna—is cited as a standard of merit for comparison.