Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

अत्र दानेन होमेन यथाशक्त्या सुरोत्तमाः । तुलाश्वमेधयोः पुण्यं प्राप्नुयुर्मुनिसत्तम

Transliteration

atra dānena homena yathāśaktyā surottamāḥ | tulāśvamedhayoḥ puṇyaṃ prāpnuyurmunisattama

Translation

اے بہترین رِشی! یہاں اپنی استطاعت کے مطابق دان اور مقدس آگ میں ہوم کرنے سے—حتیٰ کہ دیوتاؤں میں برتر بھی—تُلا دان اور اشومیدھ یَجْن کے برابر پُنّیہ حاصل کرتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक

• दानेन: by giving (charity)
• दानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• होमेन: by oblation
• होमेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यथाशक्त्या: according to (one's) ability
• यथाशक्त्या: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (यथा शक्त्या = according to ability); अव्ययवत् प्रयोग

• सुरोत्तमाः: best of gods
• सुरोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सुराणाम् उत्तमाः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तुलाश्वमेधयोः: of (the rites) Tulā and Aśvamedha
• तुलाश्वमेधयोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (तुला च अश्वमेधश्च); षष्ठी-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• पुण्यम्: merit
• पुण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्राप्नुयुः: would obtain
• प्राप्नुयुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• मुनिसत्तम: O best of sages
• मुनिसत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (मुनीनां सत्तमः)

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa vicinity)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattama (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At a riverside or kuṇḍa-side altar in Ayodhyā, sages guide householders offering ghee into a small sacred fire; donors present cloth, food, and coins; above, symbolic emblems of Tulā-dāna scales and Aśvamedha horse appear as divine approval.

Characters & Entities

• Tulā-dāna
• Aśvamedha
• Kuṇḍa/Tīrtha (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma done with sincerity and within one’s means at a tīrtha gains amplified merit, comparable to great Vedic rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Ayodhyā tīrtha/kuṇḍa context where dāna and homa are said to yield extraordinary puṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity) and homa (fire-offering), performed yathāśakti (according to capacity).