Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

तत्र तीर्थे तु यद्दानं रविमुद्दिश्य दीयते । विधिना पात्रविप्राय तस्यान्तो नास्ति कर्हिचित्

Transliteration

tatra tīrthe tu yaddānaṃ ravimuddiśya dīyate | vidhinā pātraviprāya tasyānto nāsti karhicit

Translation

ณตถาคตสถานที่เป็นทีรถะนั้น ทานใดที่ถวายอุทิศแด่พระรวิเทพ (สุริยเทพ) ตามพิธีอันถูกต้องแก่พราหมณ์ผู้สมควร บุญกุศลของทานนั้นย่อมไม่มีที่สิ้นสุดในกาลใดๆ

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of place)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place of pilgrimage
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन (locative singular)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle; emphasis/contrast)

• यत्: whatever/that which
• यत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक (relative pronoun used adjectivally)

• दानम्: gift, donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• रविम्: the Sun (Ravi)
• रविम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन (accusative singular)

• उद्दिश्य: dedicating to / intending
• उद्दिश्य: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उद्√दिश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘उद्दिश्य’ = उद्दिश्य (having intended/dedicated to)

• दीयते: is given
• दीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (present); कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• विधिना: according to rule/rite
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• पात्रविप्राय: to a worthy Brahmin recipient
• पात्रविप्राय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पात्र + विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन (dative singular); तत्पुरुष समास (षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-भाव: ‘पात्रः विप्रः’ = worthy Brahmin)

• तस्य: of that (gift)
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी विभक्ति (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular)

• अन्तः: end, limit
• अन्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (nominative singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अस्ति: exists/is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् लकार (present); परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• कर्हिचित्: ever/at any time
• कर्हिचित्: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्हि + चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (indefinite temporal adverb)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ravitīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sun-lit riverbank tīrtha on Revā; a donor offers gifts with water-libation (udaka) and saṅkalpa to Ravi; a learned brāhmaṇa receives; the Sun-disc radiates above the river.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi
• Ravitīrtha
• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna becomes especially inexhaustible when offered with correct intention (to the deity) and correct recipient (a worthy brāhmaṇa) at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ravitīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give charity at the tīrtha, dedicating it to Ravi, following proper procedure, and offering it to a qualified brāhmaṇa.