Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

हिरण्मयं यथाशक्त्या निक्षिपेत्तत्र कंकणम्

Transliteration

hiraṇmayaṃ yathāśaktyā nikṣipettatra kaṃkaṇam

Translation

ตามกำลังศรัทธาและกำลังทรัพย์ พึงวางกำไลทองคำไว้ ณ ที่นั้นเป็นเครื่องบูชา

Word by Word

• हिरण्मयम्: golden; made of gold
• हिरण्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• यथा-शक्त्या: according to (one's) ability
• यथा-शक्त्या: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to one’s ability’

• निक्षिपेत्: should place; should deposit
• निक्षिपेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘there’

• कंकणम्: bracelet; bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva to Devī (Pārvatī) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Samudra-tīra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee places a gleaming golden bracelet as an offering near the waterline, with ritual vessels and flowers nearby; the sea reflects the gold light.

Characters & Entities

• Golden bracelet (kaṅkaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is not measured by extravagance; offerings aligned with sincerity and capacity are honored in tīrtha-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The offering is part of the Prabhāsa ocean-rite sequence described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yathāśakti (as able) offering: placing/disposing a golden bracelet as part of the rite.