Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

ततस्तस्य प्रभावेण स दानस्य महीपतिः । संजातो धनदोनाम यक्षो नानाधनप्रदः

Transliteration

tatastasya prabhāveṇa sa dānasya mahīpatiḥ | saṃjāto dhanadonāma yakṣo nānādhanapradaḥ

Translation

ఆపై ఆ తీర్థం మరియు ఆ దానపు ప్రభావంతో ఆ భూపతి ‘ధనద’ అనే యక్షుడిగా జన్మించాడు; అనేక విధాల ధనాన్ని ప్రసాదించేవాడు అయ్యాడు.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter; from that
• tataḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध-क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/तदनन्तरम्’ (thereafter/from that)

• tasya: of him/that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; पुं/नपुं (Genitive singular)

• prabhāveṇa: by (his) power/effect
• prabhāveṇa: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (Instrumental singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग (Nominative singular)

• dānasya: of the gift/charity
• dānasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (Genitive singular)

• mahīpatiḥ: the king (lord of the earth)
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष): ‘मही’ (earth) + ‘पति’ (lord); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• saṃjātaḥ: was born; arose
• saṃjātaḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-jan (धातु) + ta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle) ‘संजात’ = arisen/born; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (agreeing with yakṣaḥ/saḥ)

• dhanadaḥ: Dhanada (giver of wealth)
• dhanadaḥ: Karta (Apposition/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana + da (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास: ‘धन’ (wealth) + ‘द’ (giver); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nāma: by name
• nāma: Sambandha (Naming/नामनिर्देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nāman (अव्यय-प्रयोग)
• Form: अव्यय (नाम-निर्देशक/quotative) — ‘नाम’ = ‘by name/called’

• yakṣaḥ: a Yakṣa
• yakṣaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• nānā-dhana-pradaḥ: giver of various kinds of wealth
• nānā-dhana-pradaḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nānā (अव्यय) + dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (उपपद/कर्मधारय-प्राय): ‘नाना’ (various) + ‘धन’ (wealth) + ‘प्रद’ (giver); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (qualifying yakṣaḥ)

Speaker

Pulastya (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda tīrtha (as causal locus)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A transition scene: the king’s charitable act radiates as spiritual light, transforming into the birth of a Yakṣa named Dhanada, adorned with jewels, holding a treasure-vessel, distributing wealth.

Characters & Entities

• Dhanada (Yakṣa)
• Yakṣas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with tīrtha-faith yields powerful karmic results, including prosperity and elevated states of existence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kanakhala-tīrtha, whose prabhāva is said to transform the giver’s destiny.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies the efficacy of dāna (charitable giving), especially when empowered by a sacred place.