Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

कुम्भान्सोदकसिद्धान्नांश्छत्रोपानत्कमंडलुम् । अंगुलीयकवासांसि दत्त्वा याति नरो दिवि

Transliteration

kumbhānsodakasiddhānnāṃśchatropānatkamaṃḍalum | aṃgulīyakavāsāṃsi dattvā yāti naro divi

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายหม้อน้ำ อาหารสุกพร้อมน้ำ ร่ม รองเท้า และกมณฑลุ รวมทั้งแหวนและผ้านุ่งห่ม ผู้นั้นย่อมไปสู่สวรรค์

Word by Word

• कुम्भान्: pots
• कुम्भान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुम्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• स-उदक-सिद्धान्नान्: (pots) with water and cooked food
• स-उदक-सिद्धान्नान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धान्न (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + अन्न) + उदक (प्रातिपदिक) + स (अव्यय/उपपद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुषः/कर्मधारय-सन्निकर्षः (उदकेन सह/उदकयुक्ताः सिद्धान्नाः)

• छत्र: umbrella
• छत्र: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायाम्)

• उपानत्: footwear
• उपानत्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहार-गणनायाम्)

• कमण्डलुम्: water-pot (mendicant’s vessel)
• कमण्डलुम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमण्डलु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि: rings and garments
• अङ्गुलीयकवासांसि: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गुलीयक + वासांसि (प्रातिपदिक; अङ्गुलीयक + वासस्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (अङ्गुलीयकं च वासांसि च)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (Gerund)

• याति: goes
• याति: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: कर्ता (Subject/Agent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: अधिकरण (Location/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa Māhātmya discourse style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Royal listener (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor presents a set of gifts—water pots, covered cooked food, umbrella, sandals, kamaṇḍalu, rings, garments—to a pilgrim/ascetic; the background suggests a bustling tirtha marketplace near the coast.

Characters & Entities

• Vastrāpatha Kṣetra
• Prabhāsa Kṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Practical gifts that sustain travelers, ascetics, and the needy are praised as direct causes of great merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Vastrāpatha Kṣetra in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa context, where charity is especially meritorious.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of essentials—water, cooked food, umbrella, footwear, kamaṇḍalu, clothing, and personal items.