Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

सूर्यग्रहे तु यः स्नात्वा दद्याद्दानं यथाविधि । हस्त्यश्वरथरत्नादि गृहं गाश्च युगंधरान्

Transliteration

sūryagrahe tu yaḥ snātvā dadyāddānaṃ yathāvidhi | hastyaśvaratharatnādi gṛhaṃ gāśca yugaṃdharān

Translation

ผู้ใดในคราสสุริยะ อาบน้ำชำระที่นี่แล้วถวายทานตามพระวินัย—ช้าง ม้า รถศึก แก้วมณีเป็นต้น เรือน และโคที่เหมาะแก่เทียมแอก—ย่อมได้บุญกุศลไพศาลยิ่งนัก

Word by Word

• सूर्यग्रहे: at the solar eclipse
• सूर्यग्रहे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक; सूर्य + ग्रह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सूर्यस्य ग्रहः)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक (relative pronoun)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वक्रिया

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• दानम्: a gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner)

• विधि: rule/prescribed procedure
• विधि: Kriya-viseshana (Manner complement/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; (यथा + विधि इति समासे)

• हस्ति: elephant
• हस्ति: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्तिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• अश्व: horse
• अश्व: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• रथ: chariot
• रथ: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• रत्न: jewel
• रत्न: Samasa-anga (Compound member/समासाङ्ग)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-रूप (समासाङ्ग)

• आदि: and the like
• आदि: Sambandha (Etc.-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थे (etc.)

• गृहम्: a house
• गृहम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• गाः: cows
• गाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• युगंधरान्: yoke-bearers (draught animals)
• युगंधरान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युगंधर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: māhīpati (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A riverbank tīrtha on Revā during a solar eclipse: pilgrims immersed in the river, priests guiding saṅkalpa; donors offering cows, gold, and symbolic gifts; the eclipsed sun dimming the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya-grahaṇa (solar eclipse)
• Puṣkariṇī (tīrtha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious timing intensifies dharma: eclipse-bathing and rule-based charity at a tīrtha are portrayed as exceptionally merit-producing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is taught in the Puṣkariṇī tīrtha context of the Revākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During a solar eclipse: perform snāna (ritual bath) and then give dāna as prescribed—such as cows, houses, vehicles/animals, and valuables.