Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 132

Devanagari script

स्वशक्त्या यच्च किंचिच्च तदानंत्याय कल्पते । दानात्परतरं नान्यत्त्रिषु लोकेषु विद्यते

Transliteration

svaśaktyā yacca kiṃcicca tadānaṃtyāya kalpate | dānātparataraṃ nānyattriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

Translation

แม้ให้เพียงเล็กน้อยตามกำลังของตน ก็เป็นเหตุแห่งบุญอันไม่สิ้นสุด ในไตรโลกไม่มีสิ่งใดสูงกว่าทาน

Word by Word

• स्व-शक्त्या: by one’s own ability
• स्व-शक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (स्वस्य शक्तिः)

• यत्: whatever which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• किंचित्: something, a little
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किंचित् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• आनन्त्याय: for infinity/endlessness
• आनन्त्याय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आनन्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन

• कल्पते: is fit/leads to, becomes
• कल्पते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कॢप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• दानात्: than giving
• दानात्: Apadana (Standard of comparison/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• परतरम्: higher
• परतरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परतर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• अन्यत्: anything else
• अन्यत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिषु: in the three
• त्रिषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• लोकेषु: worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• विद्यते: exists
• विद्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; सत्तायाम्

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A humble householder offers a small handful of grain/coins with sincerity; the act radiates as ‘endless’ merit against the vast Himalayan backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna
• Three worlds (triloka)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even small gifts, when given sincerely within one’s means, yield boundless spiritual fruit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra’s māhātmya is reinforced through the ethical code for visitors—humble, capacity-based generosity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice dāna according to your means (svaśakti), without comparing amounts.