Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अश्वान्ना गांश्च वासांसि योऽत्र दद्यात्स्वशक्तितः । तस्य वासो भवेत्तत्र पदं यत्र निरामयम्

Transliteration

aśvānnā gāṃśca vāsāṃsi yo'tra dadyātsvaśaktitaḥ | tasya vāso bhavettatra padaṃ yatra nirāmayam

Translation

ผู้ใดในโลกนี้ถวายตามกำลังของตน ทั้งม้า อาหาร โค และผ้านุ่งห่ม สำหรับผู้นั้นย่อมมีที่พำนักในโลกนั้น—เป็นฐานะที่ปราศจากโรคภัยและความทุกข์ร้อน

Word by Word

• aśvān: horses
• aśvān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aśva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• na: and
• na: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थे न (Vedic/epic usage: ‘and’)

• gām: a cow / cows
• gām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (collective sense possible)

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

• vāsāṃsi: garments
• vāsāṃsi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (here)

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

• svaśaktitaḥ: according to one’s capacity
• svaśaktitaḥ: Adverbial (manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-विभक्ति-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablatival adverbial): ‘according to one’s ability’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (śakti), पञ्चमी, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• vāsaḥ: dwelling / abode
• vāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhavet: may be / would be
• bhavet: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• padam: state / place
• padam: Apposition/Predicate noun
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb: where)

• nirāmayam: free from illness
• nirāmayam: Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-āmaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग-निष्पन्न विशेषण (free from disease)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa sacred locale (unspecified ‘atra’)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the questioner

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims and householders at a sacred site distribute food, cows, garments, and possibly a horse as a prestigious gift; the recipient blesses them; above, a luminous ‘nirāmaya’ realm is hinted—clean, radiant, free of suffering.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

That sincere charity within one’s means brings lasting spiritual welfare, described as an abode free from suffering and disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in the verse; the broader setting is Revākhaṇḍa (Revā/Narmadā sacred milieu).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving horses, food, cows, and clothing as dāna—explicitly ‘according to one’s capacity’ (svaśaktitaḥ).