Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 93

Devanagari script

तस्मिंस्तीर्थे तु यो दद्यात्पादुके वस्त्रमेव च । दानस्यास्य प्रभावेन लभते स्वर्गमीप्सितम्

Transliteration

tasmiṃstīrthe tu yo dadyātpāduke vastrameva ca | dānasyāsya prabhāvena labhate svargamīpsitam

Translation

ผู้ใด ณทีรถะนั้นถวายปาทุกา (รองเท้า) และผ้านุ่งห่ม ด้วยอานุภาพแห่งทานนั้น ย่อมได้สวรรค์อันปรารถนา

Word by Word

• tasmin: in that
• tasmin: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tīrthe: at the sacred ford
• tīrthe: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थक (indeed)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• pāduke: a pair of sandals
• pāduke: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pādukā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), द्विवचन

• vastram: a garment
• vastram: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय

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

• asya: of this
• asya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• prabhāvena: by the power/effect
• prabhāvena: Karaṇa (Cause/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhāva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• labhate: obtains
• labhate: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• svargam: heaven
• svargam: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• īpsitam: desired
• īpsitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: īpsita (कृदन्त; √āp/īps धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Unspecified (deduced: a Purāṇic narrator addressing a royal listener, within Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-filled ghat where a donor offers sandals and folded cloth to a weary traveler/ascetic; the recipient’s relief is visible; above, a calm svarga vista indicates the ‘desired heaven’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple, compassionate gifts offered at a tīrtha become spiritually magnified and lead to exalted merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A particular Revā/Narmadā tīrtha being praised in Revā Khaṇḍa (the verse refers to “that tīrtha” from the immediate narrative context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: giving pādukā (footwear) and vastra (clothing) at the tīrtha.