Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

हिरण्यभूमिदानेन तिलदानेन भूयसा । कृष्णाजिनप्रदानेन तिलधेनुप्रदानतः

Transliteration

hiraṇyabhūmidānena tiladānena bhūyasā | kṛṣṇājinapradānena tiladhenupradānataḥ

Translation

سونا اور زمین کا دان دینے سے، کثرت سے تل کا دان کرنے سے، کرشن اجِن (کالے ہرن کی کھال) پیش کرنے سے، اور تل دھینو (تل سے بنائی گئی گائے کی رسمّی نذر) دان کرنے سے پُنّیہ بہت بڑھ جاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• हिरण्यभूमिदानेन: by the gift of gold and land
• हिरण्यभूमिदानेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य + भूमि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘हिरण्यस्य भूमेः दानेन’ — instrumental ‘by giving gold and land’

• तिलदानेन: by giving sesame
• तिलदानेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः ‘तिलस्य दानम्’

• भूयसा: more (abundantly)
• भूयसा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-विशेषणम् ‘more/greater’ (instrumental of measure/degree)

• कृष्णाजिनप्रदानेन: by giving a black antelope-skin
• कृष्णाजिनप्रदानेन: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण + अजिन + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः ‘कृष्णाजिनस्य प्रदानम्’ — ‘by giving a black antelope-skin’

• तिलधेनुप्रदानतः: by/through the giving of a sesame-cow
• तिलधेनुप्रदानतः: हेतु/अपादान (Cause/Ablative/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तिल + धेनु + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; तत्पुरुष-आधारः ‘तिलधेनोः प्रदान’ — ‘from/through the giving of a sesame-cow (made of sesame)’

Speaker

Deductive: a Purāṇic narrator within Revā-khaṇḍa addressing Yudhiṣṭhira (context continues into v.19).

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Dāna-prakaraṇa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritual pavilion by the river: gold and land deeds symbolized, heaps of sesame, a black antelope-skin displayed, and a ‘sesame-cow’ effigy offered to a brāhmaṇa priest.

Characters & Entities

• Sesame (tila)
• Kṛṣṇājina (black antelope-skin)
• Tila-dhenu (sesame-cow donation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific forms of dāna—especially sesame-related gifts—are upheld as powerful, merit-amplifying acts within Purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Revā (Narmadā) sacred territory in Revā-khaṇḍa; this verse itself lists dāna-items rather than a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Donate gold, land, sesame (in abundance), a kṛṣṇājina, and a tila-dhenu as prescribed ritual gifts.