Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 38

Devanagari script

जमदग्निरुवाच । प्रतिग्रहसमर्थो यस्तपो वर्द्धयते महान् । न करोति तपस्तस्य जायते च सहस्रधा

Transliteration

jamadagniruvāca | pratigrahasamartho yastapo varddhayate mahān | na karoti tapastasya jāyate ca sahasradhā

Translation

جمدگنی نے کہا: جو شخص ہدیہ قبول کرنے کی قدرت رکھتا ہو، پھر بھی عظیم بن کر اپنے تپسیا کو بڑھائے اور قبول نہ کرے، اس کا تپس ہزار گنا پیدا ہو کر بڑھتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• जमदग्निः: Jamadagni
• जमदग्निः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jamadagni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रतिग्रहसमर्थः: capable of accepting gifts
• प्रतिग्रहसमर्थः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pratigraha + samartha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘प्रतिग्रहे समर्थः’)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-सर्वनाम

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वर्द्धयते: increases
• वर्द्धयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृध् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; णिच्-प्रयोगार्थः (causative sense ‘to increase’)

• महान्: great
• महान्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• करोति: does
• करोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तपः: austerity
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जायते: is born / arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• सहस्रधा: a thousandfold
• सहस्रधा: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sahasradhā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

Speaker

Jamadagni

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Assembly of sages/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Jamadagni speaks to an assembly of pilgrims/ṛṣis; a donor approaches with gifts, but the sage gently declines, holding a kamaṇḍalu and japa-mālā, radiating tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Jamadagni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Voluntary non-acceptance (aparigraha) strengthens austerity and inner merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is delivered within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra māhātmya context, emphasizing purity befitting a sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implicitly addresses pratigraha (receiving gifts) and praises restraint in accepting, as a form of tapas.