Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

कंडनीपेषणीचुल्लीमार्जनीभिश्च यत्कृतम् । पापं गृही क्षालयति ददद्भिक्षां दिनं प्रति

Transliteration

kaṃḍanīpeṣaṇīcullīmārjanībhiśca yatkṛtam | pāpaṃ gṛhī kṣālayati dadadbhikṣāṃ dinaṃ prati

Translation

บาปใดที่คฤหัสถ์ก่อขึ้นจากการโม่ การตำ งานเตาไฟ และการกวาดเช็ด เขาย่อมชำระบาปนั้นได้ด้วยการถวายทาน (ภิกษา) ทุกวัน

Word by Word

• कण्डनीपेषणीचुल्लीमार्जनीभिः: with the winnowing-basket, grinding-stone, hearth, and broom
• कण्डनीपेषणीचुल्लीमार्जनीभिः: करण (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्डनी + पेषणी + चुल्ली + मार्जनी (प्रातिपदिक-समाहार)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (कण्डनी च पेषणी च चुल्ली च मार्जनी च)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यत्: whatever (that)
• यत्: सम्बन्ध (Relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रयोग (relative pronoun)

• कृतम्: done; committed
• कृतम्: विशेषण (Predicate/Qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past Passive Participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गृही: a householder
• गृही: कर्ता (Subject/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गृहस्थवाचक

• क्षालयति: washes away; cleanses
• क्षालयति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्षल् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• ददत्: giving
• ददत्: कर्ता (Agent, participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त वर्तमान-कृदन्त (Present Active Participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि

• भिक्षाम्: alms
• भिक्षाम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिनम्: day
• दिनम्: कालाधिकरण (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (अव्ययीभावार्थे)

• प्रति: per; each
• प्रति: सम्बन्ध (Per)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्ग/अव्यय; वितरण/आवृत्त्यर्थक (per)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as nara-indra in the section’s discourse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder in a pilgrim town gives daily alms at his doorway—offering a portion of cooked food and water—while domestic tools (grinding stone, mortar, hearth, broom) appear as symbols of routine karmic dust being washed away.

Characters & Entities

• Gṛhastha (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Household life inevitably causes minor harm; daily almsgiving purifies that karma and keeps gṛhastha-dharma aligned with compassion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha-kṣetra, within the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s māhātmya emphasizing daily dharmic conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhikṣā-dāna: giving alms every day as a practical, ongoing expiation for household-caused pāpa.