Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 110

Devanagari script

सा भवेद्रूपसम्पन्ना यथा चैव तिलोत्तमा । षष्ठ्यां तु या मधूकस्य फलदा तु भवेत्सदा

Transliteration

sā bhavedrūpasampannā yathā caiva tilottamā | ṣaṣṭhyāṃ tu yā madhūkasya phaladā tu bhavetsadā

Translation

Ela torna-se plena de beleza, como a própria Tilottamā. E aquela que, no sexto tithi (Ṣaṣṭhī), oferece o fruto da árvore madhūka, é sempre portadora de frutos, gozando de prosperidade duradoura.

Word by Word

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavet: would be/should become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• rūpasampannā: endowed with beauty
• rūpasampannā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rūpa + sampanna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular) — सा इति विशेष्य

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as/just as)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle: indeed/just)

• tilottamā: Tilottamā (the apsaras)
• tilottamā: Upamana (Standard of comparison/उपमान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila + uttamā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• ṣaṣṭhyām: on the sixth (lunar day)
• ṣaṣṭhyām: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭhī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular) — तिथिवाचक

• tu: then/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle)

• yā: who (she)
• yā: Karta (Relative subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• madhūkasya: of madhūka (mahua)
• madhūkasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhūka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• phaladā: giver of fruit
• phaladā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala + dā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अन्वयबोधक अव्यय (particle)

• bhavet: would be/should become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb: always)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Tilottamā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is portrayed not merely as social virtue but as a spiritual cause of auspicious qualities like beauty and lasting prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse does not name a tīrtha; it continues the Revā Khaṇḍa’s dharma instruction on tithi-based charity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Ṣaṣṭhī, donate madhūka fruit (or fruits from the madhūka tree) as charity.