Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

तत्र दानं प्रशंसन्ति सक्तूनां मुनिसत्तमाः । नूतनानां महाराज यतः प्रोक्तं पुरारिणा

Transliteration

tatra dānaṃ praśaṃsanti saktūnāṃ munisattamāḥ | nūtanānāṃ mahārāja yataḥ proktaṃ purāriṇā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐยกย่องทานแห่งสักตูใหม่ (แป้งบาร์เลย์คั่ว) โอ้มหาราช เพราะพระศิวะผู้ปราบศัตรูดึกดำบรรพ์ได้ทรงสอนไว้ก่อนแล้ว

Word by Word

• तत्र: there/therein
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Context/प्रसङ्गाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक) = 'there/in that matter'

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रशंसन्ति: praise
• प्रशंसन्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शंस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: प्र-

• सक्तूनाम्: of roasted flour (saktu)
• सक्तूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सक्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• मुनिसत्तमाः: the best sages
• मुनिसत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय: सत्तमाः मुनयः

• नूतनानाम्: of new/fresh
• नूतनानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नूतन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; विशेषण (सक्तूनाम्)

• महाराज: O great king
• महाराज: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कर्मधारय: महान् राजा

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतुवाचक) = 'because/since'

• प्रोक्तम्: was declared
• प्रोक्तम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्यय (भूतकर्मणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपसर्ग: प्र-; 'said/declared'

• पुरारिणा: by the destroyer of (Tripura) cities (Śiva)
• पुरारिणा: Kartr (Agent in passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर + अरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: पुरस्य अरिः (Tripura-destroyer = Śiva)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing a royal listener (deduced from 'mahārāja')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Arbuda-kṣetra (context of Acaleśa/Sumaheśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages in simple garments, seated near a sacred precinct, commend a devotee offering packets of fresh saktū; a subtle presence of Śiva is implied through a liṅga or trident emblem.

Characters & Entities

• Munis
• Purāri (Śiva)
• Saktū

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity gains special force when it follows a dharma taught by Śiva and affirmed by sages—tradition and authority reinforce merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Arbuda-kṣetra setting of the chapter, where barley-based gifts are especially praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate fresh saktū (parched barley flour) as a praised form of dāna.