Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

पानीयं भूमिदानं च शालीनिक्षुरसांस्तथा । आरक्तवाससी श्लक्ष्णे दम्पत्योर्ललितादिने

Transliteration

pānīyaṃ bhūmidānaṃ ca śālīnikṣurasāṃstathā | āraktavāsasī ślakṣṇe dampatyorlalitādine

Translation

پینے کے پانی اور زمین کا عطیہ، چاول اور گنے کا رس بھی؛ اور نرم سرخی مائل لباس—یہ سب مبارک لَلیتا کے دن جوڑے کے لیے نذر کیے جائیں۔

Word by Word

• पानीयम्: drinking water
• पानीयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (भूमेः दानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• शालीन्: rice grains (śāli-rice)
• शालीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शालि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन

• इक्षुरसान्: sugarcane juices
• इक्षुरसान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इक्षु + रस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इक्षोः रसः)

• तथा: likewise; also
• तथा: Sambandha/Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थ (likewise)

• आरक्तवाससी: two reddish garments
• आरक्तवाससी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + रक्त + वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन; कर्मधारयः (आरक्ते वाससी)

• श्लक्ष्णे: soft; smooth (two)
• श्लक्ष्णे: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्लक्ष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), द्विवचन; विशेषणम् (वाससी)

• दम्पत्योः: of the couple (husband and wife)
• दम्पत्योः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दम्पती (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (दम्पती-द्वन्द्वार्थक-युगल), षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), द्विवचन

• ललितादिने: on the pleasant day
• ललितादिने: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ललित + दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारयार्थ-तत्पुरुषः (ललितं दिनम्)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa instructional voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Lalitā-dina observance)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a festive Lalitā day by the river, a donor offers water vessels, a small land-grant token, rice, sugarcane-juice, and soft red garments to an honored couple seated together; floral decorations and lamps suggest celebration.

Characters & Entities

• Lalitā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-specific giving (tithi-based dāna) is taught as a focused way to cultivate auspiciousness for household life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single locality is named; the verse belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) section’s dharma-instructions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

On Lalitā day, offer water and land, rice and sugarcane juice, and soft reddish garments (as prescribed).