Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 11
Devanagari script
दीपादिदानं कृत्वा तु कृतकृत्योऽभिजायते
Transliteration
dīpādidānaṃ kṛtvā tu kṛtakṛtyo'bhijāyate
Translation
اور چراغ وغیرہ کا دان کر کے انسان کِرتکِرتیہ ہو جاتا ہے—یعنی جس نے اپنا واجب کام پورا کر لیا۔
Word by Word
दीपादिदानम्the giving of lamps etc.
दीपादिदानम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदीप + आदि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दीपादीनां दानम्)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया
तुthen/indeed
तु:
Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, निपात
कृतकृत्यःone who has fulfilled his duty
कृतकृत्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृत + कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता/विशेष्य), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कृतं कृत्यं येन)
अभिजायतेis born/comes to be
अभिजायते:
Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + जन् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
Speaker
Unspecified in snippet; contextually the same narrator continuing the Prabhāsa Māhātmya instructions.
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Rows of small oil lamps offered along the waterbank and before the deity; devotees place lamps with cupped hands, the night illuminated, faces calm with a sense of completion.
FAQs
Even simple acts of sacred charity, like offering a lamp, are praised as completing one’s religious duty.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.
Dīpa-dāna—donating/offering lamps (and similar gifts) as a meritorious act.