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Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 14

दैत्यारिक्षेत्रमासाद्य यत्किंचित्कुरुते नरः । अन्यक्षेत्रात्कोटिगुणं पुण्यं भूयान्न संशयः

daityārikṣetramāsādya yatkiṃcitkurute naraḥ | anyakṣetrātkoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ bhūyānna saṃśayaḥ

دایتیاری-کشیتر میں پہنچ کر انسان جو کچھ بھی کرے—خواہ ذرا سا ہی کیوں نہ ہو—وہ دوسرے تیرتھوں کے مقابلے میں کروڑ گنا زیادہ پُنّیہ دیتا ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

daityārikṣetramthe sacred region of Daityāri (Viṣṇu)
daityārikṣetram:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdaitya-ari + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (daityānām ariḥ = enemy of demons; tasya kṣetram = the field/region of Daityāri)
āsādyahaving reached
āsādya:
Kriya (Non-finite verb; prior action)
TypeVerb
Rootā-√sad (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); ‘आसाद्य’ = प्राप्त्वा (having reached)
yatwhatever
yat:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootyad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे ‘यत्…तत्’ निर्माणे
kiṃcitanything (at all)
kiṃcit:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootkim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-परिमाण (something/anything)
kurutedoes, performs
kurute:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṛ (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘करोति’
naraḥa man, person
naraḥ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootnara (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
anya-kṣetrātthan (from) another sacred place
anya-kṣetrāt:
Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootanya + kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (other field/place)
koṭiguṇamcrore-fold
koṭiguṇam:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootkoṭi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (koṭyā guṇam = a crore-fold); ‘puṇyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
puṇyammerit
puṇyam:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootpuṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; फलरूपं पुण्यम्
bhūyāngreater, more abundant
bhūyān:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootbhūyas (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तुलनात्मक-रूप (comparative) ‘अधिकतरः’; (अत्र ‘puṇyam’ इत्यस्य विशेषणार्थे प्रयोगः)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)
saṃśayaḥdoubt
saṃśayaḥ:
Karta (Predicate nominal/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘न संशयः’ = no doubt

Śiva (deduced from Mahādevī-addressed dialogue in this adhyāya)

Tirtha: Daityāri-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Scene: A pilgrim entering a radiant coastal sacred precinct labeled Daityāri-kṣetra; subtle divine aura indicating that even a small offering becomes vast merit.

D
Daityāri-kṣetra
P
Puṇya
K
Kṣetra

FAQs

Great holy places magnify even small acts into immense merit when performed with faith.

Daityāri-kṣetra, a sanctified domain within the Prabhāsa sacred geography.

No single rite is mandated; the verse states that any action performed there becomes crore-fold in merit.