Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

आजन्मजनितं पापमयुतेन प्रणश्यति । द्विगुणैर्नश्यते व्याधिस्त्रिगुणैः स्याद्धनागमः

Transliteration

ājanmajanitaṃ pāpamayutena praṇaśyati | dviguṇairnaśyate vyādhistriguṇaiḥ syāddhanāgamaḥ

Translation

บาปที่เกิดมาตั้งแต่กำเนิดย่อมพินาศด้วยหนึ่งหมื่น (ทานเช่นนี้) ด้วยจำนวนเป็นสองเท่า โรคภัยย่อมดับ; ด้วยสามเท่า ย่อมเกิดการไหลมาของทรัพย์

Word by Word

• आ-जन्म-जनितम्: born from (one's) birth / lifelong
• आ-जन्म-जनितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + जन्म (प्रातिपदिक) + जनित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — (sin) 'produced from birth/throughout life' (elliptically qualifying पापम्)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन — here as कर्तृसदृश (subject of intransitive 'perishes')

• अयुतेन: by ten thousand
• अयुतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन — by ten thousand

• प्रणश्यति: is destroyed
• प्रणश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'perishes/is destroyed'

• द्विगुणैः: by double (amounts)
• द्विगुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्विगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — by doubles

• नश्यते: is destroyed
• नश्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — 'is destroyed'

• व्याधिः: disease
• व्याधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — disease

• त्रिगुणैः: by triple (amounts)
• त्रिगुणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिगुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन — by triples

• स्यात्: would be / occurs
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन — 'would be/should occur'

• धन-आगमः: gain of wealth
• धन-आगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक) + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन — arrival/attainment of wealth

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvīpeśvara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand donation ceremony: large quantities of gaḍukas offered; recipients bless the donor; symbolic imagery of illness departing (dark figure fading) and prosperity arriving (overflowing granary/coins) under Śiva’s auspicious gaze.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained generosity is portrayed as transformative—purifying karma and supporting well-being and prosperity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The results are taught within the Revā-kṣetra Māhātmya tradition of the Āvantya Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A graded scale of dāna quantities is linked to outcomes: purification of lifelong sin, relief from disease, and increase of wealth.