Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

प्राप्यते नैव सीदन्ति तेन दानेन रक्षिताः । इक्षुदण्डरसं देवि दशम्यां या प्रयच्छति

Transliteration

prāpyate naiva sīdanti tena dānena rakṣitāḥ | ikṣudaṇḍarasaṃ devi daśamyāṃ yā prayacchati

Translation

ด้วยทานนั้นเขาทั้งหลายได้รับการคุ้มครอง บรรลุผล และไม่ตกสู่ความทุกข์. โอ้เทวี ผู้ใดถวายรสน้ำอ้อยในวันทศมี—

Word by Word

• prāpyate: is obtained
• prāpyate: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु √आप्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (is obtained)

• na: not
• na: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphasis: 'indeed/just')

• sīdanti: they sink/fall into distress
• sīdanti: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sad (धातु √सद्)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; करण/हेतु (by that)

• dānena: by the gift
• dānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• rakṣitāḥ: protected
• rakṣitāḥ: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakṣ (धातु √रक्ष्)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (of implied 'they')

• ikṣudaṇḍarasam: sugarcane-juice
• ikṣudaṇḍarasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ikṣu + daṇḍa + rasa (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ikṣudaṇḍasya rasaḥ)

• devi: O देवी
• devi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• daśamyām: on the tenth (lunar day)
• daśamyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daśamī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; काल-अधिकरण

• yā: who (she who)
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• prayacchati: gives/offers
• prayacchati: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-yam (धातु √यम्)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

Speaker

Śaṅkara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: रेवा-तीर्थ

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: देवी

Visual Art Cues

Scene: दशमी के दिन तीर्थ-घाट पर कलशों में इक्षुरस; दानकर्ता नारी ब्राह्मण/यात्री को पात्र में रस देती है; पीछे नदी-प्रवाह और ध्वज।

Characters & Entities

• Daśamī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Properly timed charity is said to become a shield—granting protection and preventing decline into suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa framework implies the dharmic culture of the Revā (Narmadā) sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving ikṣudaṇḍa-rasa (sugarcane juice) on Daśamī.