Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

वर्षत्यजस्रं पर्जन्ये वेणुपात्रेषु कुर्वतः । एतेषां लभ्यते पुण्यं सुवर्णै रजतैस्तथा

Transliteration

varṣatyajasraṃ parjanye veṇupātreṣu kurvataḥ | eteṣāṃ labhyate puṇyaṃ suvarṇai rajataistathā

Translation

పర్జన్యుడు నిరంతరం వర్షించుచుండగా వెణు (బాంబూ) పాత్రలతో విధిని ఆచరించువానికి లభించే పుణ్యం, స్వర్ణదానము మరియు రజతదానముతో లభించు పుణ్యానికి సమానం.

Word by Word

• वर्षति: rains
• वर्षति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• अजस्रम्: unceasingly
• अजस्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अजस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial accusative)

• पर्जन्ये: when/where there is rain-cloud (Parjanya)
• पर्जन्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वेणुपात्रेषु: in bamboo vessels
• वेणुपात्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेणु+पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘वेणोः पात्रेषु’)

• कुर्वतः: of (one) doing/performing
• कुर्वतः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → कुर्वत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (present active participle/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘of one who is doing’

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• लभ्यते: is obtained
• लभ्यते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (कर्मणि कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)

• सुवर्णैः: with gold (items)
• सुवर्णैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• रजतैः: with silver (items)
• रजतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तथा: also, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक अव्यय (so/also/likewise)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon downpour over Prabhāsa; a devotee sheltered near temple steps performs offering with a bamboo vessel; gold and silver appear as symbolic scales showing equivalence of merit.

Characters & Entities

• Parjanya
• Veṇu (bamboo)
• Gold
• Silver

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere dharmic performance is not limited to costly materials; even simple bamboo, used properly, can yield merit likened to precious-metal offerings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the text highlights accessible means to gain significant puṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the rite using veṇu (bamboo) vessels, especially in conditions of continuous rain; the merit is praised as comparable to gold or silver offerings.