Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

कम्बले कम्बलं दद्याच्छ्रोण्यां मधु घृतं तथा । यवसं पायसं दद्याद्घृतं क्षौद्रसमन्वितम्

Transliteration

kambale kambalaṃ dadyācchroṇyāṃ madhu ghṛtaṃ tathā | yavasaṃ pāyasaṃ dadyādghṛtaṃ kṣaudrasamanvitam

Translation

کمبل پر کمبل کا دان کرے؛ کمر کے پاس شہد اور گھی بھی نذر کرے۔ جو کا چارہ اور پائَس (میٹھا دودھ چاول) دے، اور شہد ملا گھی بھی ساتھ دے۔

Word by Word

• kambale: on/for a blanket (as the occasion/recipient context)
• kambale: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• kambalam: a blanket
• kambalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kambala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should give’

• śroṇyām: on the hip/loin (region)
• śroṇyām: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śroṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular; अधिकरण

• madhu: honey
• madhu: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: madhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — अव्ययपद; समुच्चय/अनुक्रमसूचक (also/likewise)

• yavasam: fodder/grass
• yavasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yavasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• pāyasam: milk-rice/pāyasa
• pāyasam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāyasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should give’

• ghṛtam: ghee
• ghṛtam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; कर्म

• kṣaudra-samanvitam: accompanied with honey
• kṣaudra-samanvitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣaudra (प्रातिपदिक) + samanvita (कृदन्त; सम्+अन्वि/इ धातु, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषण (घृतस्य)

Speaker

Textual narrator continuing the itemized dāna-vidhi (contextual deduction)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On the sandy bank of the Revā at dawn, a pilgrim household arranges gifts: folded blankets on a clean cloth, small vessels of honey and ghee, bundles of fodder, and a steaming bowl of payasa; priests recite mantras while the river glints behind.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A complete gift includes supportive provisions; generosity is expressed through both the main donation and its proper accompaniments.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; it is a dāna-vidhi passage within the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give blankets and food-offerings such as honey, ghee, fodder, and pāyasa, arranged as prescribed in the rite.