Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

परिलेख्य च यो दद्याद्धेमशूलसमन्वितम् । शैवं स पदमाप्नोति मकरोपगमे रवेः

Transliteration

parilekhya ca yo dadyāddhemaśūlasamanvitam | śaivaṃ sa padamāpnoti makaropagame raveḥ

Translation

凡先如法刻画形像或铭记，又与金三叉戟同施者，当太阳入摩羯（摩伽罗）之时，得至至上的湿婆归处。

Word by Word

• परिलेख्य: having inscribed / having drawn
• परिलेख्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + लिख् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); उपसर्गः परि-; पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हेमशूल-समन्वितम्: (an item) furnished with a golden trident/spike
• हेमशूल-समन्वितम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेम + शूल + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; दानवस्तु (object to be given); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषभावः (हेमशूलेन समन्वितम्)

• शैवम्: Śaiva (of Śiva)
• शैवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (पदम्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• पदम्: state / abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मकर-उपगमे: at the Makara-entry (of the sun)
• मकर-उपगमे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मकर + उपगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक (at the time of entering Capricorn)

• रवेः: of the sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced from Prabhāsa-māhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At sunrise on Makara-saṅkrānti, a pilgrim offers a gleaming golden trident and an inscribed/outlined sacred object to a Śiva shrine priest; the temple lamp flames and coastal light frame the act of dāna.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)
• Śaiva-pada
• Hemaśūla (golden trident)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed with devotion at an astrologically sacred transition (Makara-saṅkrānti) becomes a direct means to attain Śiva’s spiritual station.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsatīrtha region) within the Skanda Purāṇa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of an item marked/inscribed and accompanied by a golden trident, specifically at the Sun’s entry into Makara (Capricorn).