Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 52

Devanagari script

पीतवस्त्राणि देवस्य गां हिरण्यं च दापयेत् । स्नात्वा चक्रवरे तीर्थे मुच्यते सर्वपातकात्

Transliteration

pītavastrāṇi devasya gāṃ hiraṇyaṃ ca dāpayet | snātvā cakravare tīrthe mucyate sarvapātakāt

Translation

خداوند کو زرد لباس نذر کرے، اور گائے اور سونا بھی دان کرے۔ افضل چکر تیرتھ میں اشنان کر کے وہ تمام گناہوں سے رہائی پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• पीतवस्त्राणि: yellow garments
• पीतवस्त्राणि: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीत + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (पीतानि वस्त्राणि); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• देवस्य: of the god
• देवस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• गाम्: a cow
• गाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• हिरण्यम्: gold
• हिरण्यम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• दापयेत्: should give/should offer
• दापयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative) ‘cause to be given/offer’

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having bathed’

• चक्रवरे: at Cakravaरा (place-name)
• चक्रवरे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्रवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तीर्थे: in the sacred ford (tīrtha)
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मुच्यते: is freed
• मुच्यते: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

• सर्वपातकात्: from all sins
• सर्वपातकात्: Apādāna (Source/Separation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वं पातकम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakra-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim, freshly bathed at a sacred ford, offers yellow cloth at a shrine while a cow and gold are given in charity; the tīrtha waters gleam, suggesting purification and release from sin.

Characters & Entities

• Cakratīrtha
• Dāna
• Snāna
• Daityasūdana (contextual Lord)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification comes through a harmony of devotion (to the Lord), charity (dāna), and sacred bathing (snāna) at a tīrtha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Cakratīrtha (Cakravara-tīrtha) in Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of yellow garments, cow, and gold, followed by snāna at Cakratīrtha.