Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16

Devanagari script

हिरण्मयं यथाशक्त्या निक्षिपेत्तत्र कंकणम्

Transliteration

hiraṇmayaṃ yathāśaktyā nikṣipettatra kaṃkaṇam

Translation

Tùy theo khả năng của mình, nên đặt tại đó một chiếc vòng tay bằng vàng để làm lễ cúng dường.

Word by Word

• हिरण्मयम्: golden; made of gold
• हिरण्मयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हिरण्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• यथा-शक्त्या: according to (one's) ability
• यथा-शक्त्या: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (adverb): ‘according to one’s ability’

• निक्षिपेत्: should place; should deposit
• निक्षिपेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (locative adverb): ‘there’

• कंकणम्: bracelet; bangle
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Śiva to Devī (Pārvatī) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa Samudra-tīra

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee places a gleaming golden bracelet as an offering near the waterline, with ritual vessels and flowers nearby; the sea reflects the gold light.

Characters & Entities

• Golden bracelet (kaṅkaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit is not measured by extravagance; offerings aligned with sincerity and capacity are honored in tīrtha-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The offering is part of the Prabhāsa ocean-rite sequence described in this chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A yathāśakti (as able) offering: placing/disposing a golden bracelet as part of the rite.