Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

वित्तानुरूपतो दत्तं सुवर्णं मन्त्रकल्पितम् । अग्निर्हि देवाः सर्वे सुवर्णं च हुताशनात्

Transliteration

vittānurūpato dattaṃ suvarṇaṃ mantrakalpitam | agnirhi devāḥ sarve suvarṇaṃ ca hutāśanāt

Translation

พึงถวายทองคำตามกำลังทรัพย์ โดยทำให้ศักดิ์สิทธิ์ด้วยมนตร์ เพราะอัคนีแท้จริงคือเทพทั้งปวง และทองคำกำเนิดจากหุตาศนะ คือไฟบูชา

Word by Word

• वित्तानुरूपतः: according to (one's) wealth
• वित्तानुरूपतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वित्त + अनुरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण), तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) — 'वित्तस्य अनुरूपम्' इति अर्थे

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Predicate/Verbal adjective)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे 'given'

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• मन्त्रकल्पितम्: prepared/empowered by mantra
• मन्त्रकल्पितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + कल्पित (कृदन्त)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषार्थे समासः; 'मन्त्रेण कल्पितम्'—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सुवर्णस्य विशेषणम्

• अग्निः: Agni (fire-god)
• अग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अवधान/हेतु-सूचक

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; देवाः इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• हुताशनात्: from Hutāśana (Agni)
• हुताशनात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुताशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; हुतं अश्नाति इति—अग्नेः नाम; अपादानार्थे

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (contextual attribution within Āvantya Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrthas (general frame of Revākhaṇḍa)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee at a riverside shrine prepares a small quantity of gold for donation, sanctifying it with mantra beside a glowing fire-altar; Agni is visualized as the conduit to all devas.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Hutāśana (Fire)
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity should match one’s capacity, and when offered with mantra it becomes a sacred act that pleases the divine order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā pilgrimage setting where dāna accompanies snāna and pūjā as part of tīrtha-dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give gold as dāna according to one’s means, with mantra-sanctification, grounded in Agni-centered symbolism.