Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

फलानि च सुवर्णानि देयानि च विशेषतः

Transliteration

phalāni ca suvarṇāni deyāni ca viśeṣataḥ

Translation

尤其应布施水果与黄金。

Word by Word

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्म (items to be given)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सुवर्णानि: gold (pieces)
• सुवर्णानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; कर्म (items to be given)

• देयानि: to be given
• देयानि: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) → देय (कृदन्त/gerundive)
• Form: देय-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (भाव्य/gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; विधेय-विशेषण (फलानि/सुवर्णानि ... देयानि)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Hetu/Upaya (Manner/उपाय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित-अव्यय)
• Form: तद्धितान्त-अव्यय (तस्), क्रियाविशेषण

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced for Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small offering scene: baskets of fruits and a modest gold piece presented reverently to a recipient near a shrine, with Ayodhyā’s sacred ambience.

Characters & Entities

• Ayodhyā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple offerings like fruits, when given with dharmic intent, become meritorious—alongside higher gifts like gold.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā’s tīrtha setting where prescribed gifts support the sacred rite and generate puṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give phala (fruits) and suvarṇa (gold) as forms of dāna, with special emphasis.