Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 118

Devanagari script

कमंडलुः श्वेतवस्त्रं महादानानि षोडश । तत्रैव देवि देयानि ब्रह्मणे बालरूपिणे

Transliteration

kamaṃḍaluḥ śvetavastraṃ mahādānāni ṣoḍaśa | tatraiva devi deyāni brahmaṇe bālarūpiṇe

Translation

หม้อน้ำกมณฑลุ ผ้าขาว และมหาทานทั้งสิบหก—โอ้เทวี—พึงถวาย ณ ที่นั้นเองแก่พราหมณ์ เพื่อความเป็นสิริมงคลแด่พระผู้เป็นเจ้าผู้ทรงรูปเป็นกุมาร

Word by Word

• कमण्डलुः: a water-pot (kamaṇḍalu)
• कमण्डलुः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्वेतवस्त्रम्: white cloth/garment
• श्वेतवस्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वेत (प्रातिपदिक) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• महादानानि: great gifts/donations
• महादानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• षोडश: sixteen
• षोडश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षोडश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण; (अव्ययवत्) बहुवचनार्थे ‘महादानानि’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक (emphatic particle)

• देवि: O Goddess
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• देयानि: to be given
• देयानि: Vidhana (Injunction/विधान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √दा (दाने) + यत्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), बहुवचन (Plural); विधेय-विशेषण (predicative: ‘to be given’)

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahmā / to the Brahmin (Brahma)
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• बालरूपिणे: to (one) having the form of a child
• बालरूपिणे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular); ‘ब्रह्मणे’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (bāla-rūpa sambandha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Prabhāsa, a pilgrim offers a kamaṇḍalu and folded white cloth, along with symbolic representations of the sixteen great gifts, to a seated Brahmin; the child-formed Lord is envisioned as receiving the offering through the act.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (listener addressed)
• Brahmin
• Bālarūpī (Hari)
• Ṣoḍaśa Mahādāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage devotion is concretized through generosity—supporting the worthy (Brahmins) as an offering to the deity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, implied by “right there” within the ongoing Prabhāsa Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give kamaṇḍalu, white cloth, and the sixteen great gifts to a Brahmin as part of the sacred observance.