Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 77
Devanagari script
भूमिदानेन वस्त्रेण अन्नदानेन शक्तितः । छत्रोपानहशय्यादिगृहदानेन पाण्डव
Transliteration
bhūmidānena vastreṇa annadānena śaktitaḥ | chatropānahaśayyādigṛhadānena pāṇḍava
Translation
โอ้ปาณฑวะ ด้วยการถวายทานที่ดิน ผ้า และอาหารตามกำลัง—ทั้งถวายร่ม รองเท้า ที่นอนเป็นต้น แม้กระทั่งเรือน—ย่อมบังเกิดบุญกุศลยิ่งใหญ่
Word by Word
भूमिदानेनby gifting land
भूमिदानेन:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootभूमि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः दानम्)
वस्त्रेणby (gifting) cloth
वस्त्रेण:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootवस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular)
अन्नदानेनby gifting food
अन्नदानेन:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्न + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अन्नस्य दानम्)
शक्तितःaccording to one’s capacity
शक्तितः:
Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverb: 'according to ability')
छत्रोपानहशय्यादिगृहदानेनby gifting umbrellas, footwear, beds, etc., and houses
छत्रोपानहशय्यादिगृहदानेन:
Karana (Means/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootछत्र + उपानह् + शय्या + आदि + गृह + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Instrumental Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्वपूर्वक तत्पुरुषः (छत्र-उपानह-शय्या-आदि-गृहस्य दानम्)
पाण्डवO Pāṇḍava
पाण्डव:
Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootपाण्डव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Vocative Singular)
Speaker
Narrator (Ravitīrtha Māhātmya context; speaker not explicit in snippet)
Characters & Entities
P
Pāṇḍava (Arjuna)FAQs
Dharma is strengthened through practical compassion—supporting others’ basic needs according to one’s means.
Ravitīrtha, where such dānas are praised as part of the sacred merit.
Various forms of dāna: land, clothing, food, umbrella, footwear, bed, and house—given according to capacity.