Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

धूर्वहास्तत्र दातव्या भूमिः सस्यवती नृप । चित्रभानुं शुभैर्मन्त्रैः प्रीणयेत्तत्र भक्तितः

Transliteration

dhūrvahāstatra dātavyā bhūmiḥ sasyavatī nṛpa | citrabhānuṃ śubhairmantraiḥ prīṇayettatra bhaktitaḥ

Translation

ข้าแต่มหาราช ที่นั่นพึงถวายทานอันควรแก่การบูชา และพึงบริจาคที่ดินอุดมสมบูรณ์มีพืชผลด้วย ที่นั่นพึงทำให้จิตรภาณุพอพระทัยด้วยมนตร์อันเป็นมงคลด้วยความภักดี

Word by Word

• धूर्वहाः: dhūrvā-bearers (offerers with dhūrvā)
• धूर्वहाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूर्व + ह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: 'धूर्वं वहति' / 'धूर्व-वाह' (one who carries dhūrvā grass)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• दातव्याः: should be given/appointed
• दातव्याः: Vidhi (Obligation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'धूर्वहाः' विधेय

• भूमिः: land
• भूमिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सस्यवती: rich in crops
• सस्यवती: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सस्यवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; 'भूमिः' विशेषण

• नृप: O king
• नृप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन

• चित्रभानुम्: Citrabhānu (the Sun)
• चित्रभानुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चित्र + भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: 'चित्रः भानुः' (the splendid Sun / Citrabhānu)

• शुभैः: with auspicious
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; 'मन्त्रैः' विशेषण

• मन्त्रैः: by mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन

• प्रीणयेत्: should propitiate/please
• प्रीणयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्: 'cause to be pleased/propitiate'

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भक्तितः: with devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu/Prakara (Cause/Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) = 'out of devotion/devotionally'

Speaker

Rudra (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king) addressed

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A kingly donor presenting a deed/ritual water for land donation; fields of ripe grain behind; a radiant deity (Citrabhānu) invoked with mantras near a fire-altar or temple lamp-flame.

Characters & Entities

• Citrabhānu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha worship is completed by dhārmic giving—especially fertile land—and by mantra-filled devotion toward the presiding sacred power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practices are situated in the Revā Khaṇḍa’s Nāradeśvara/Citrabhānu tīrtha setting near the Revā river.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhūmi-dāna (donation of fertile land) and mantra-japa/recitation to please Citrabhānu with devotion.