Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यः स्नात्वा रुक्मिणीतीर्थे दानं दद्यात्तु कांचनम् । तत्तीर्थस्य प्रभावेन शोकं नाप्नोति मानवः

Transliteration

yaḥ snātvā rukmiṇītīrthe dānaṃ dadyāttu kāṃcanam | tattīrthasya prabhāvena śokaṃ nāpnoti mānavaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดอาบน้ำ ณ รุกมินีตีรถะ แล้วถวายทานเป็นทองคำ ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งตีรถะนั้น มนุษย์ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ประสบความโศกเศร้า

Word by Word

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having bathed)

• रुक्मिणीतीर्थे: at the Rukmiṇī sacred ford
• रुक्मिणीतीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्मिणी + तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रुक्मिण्याः तीर्थे)

• दानम्: a gift, donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should give)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Nipāta (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधसूचक (but/indeed)

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; द्रव्यवाचक

• तत्: that
• तत्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (genitival relation) एकवचन; ‘तत्तीर्थस्य’ इत्यत्र पूर्वपद (that)

• तीर्थस्य: of the sacred ford
• तीर्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• प्रभावेन: by the power
• प्रभावेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• शोकम्: sorrow
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• आप्नोति: attains, meets
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मानवः: a man, human
• मानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, continuing narration to Yudhiṣṭhira)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rukmiṇī-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee emerges from the river after snāna and offers gold to a brāhmaṇa/priest on the ghāṭa; the atmosphere is calm, suggesting grief lifted by sacred action.

Characters & Entities

• Rukmiṇī-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred bathing joined with sincere charity transforms inner suffering; tīrtha-sevā is meant to culminate in dāna and upliftment.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

Rukmiṇī Tīrtha, praised within the Revā Khaṇḍa of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa (Skanda Purāṇa).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (bathing) at Rukmiṇī Tīrtha followed by kāñcana-dāna (donation of gold).