Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तदा पुत्रशतेनैव बाणमुख्येन सत्वरम् । वसमानो महाबाहुर्दातॄणां च परा गतिः

Transliteration

tadā putraśatenaiva bāṇamukhyena satvaram | vasamāno mahābāhurdātṝṇāṃ ca parā gatiḥ

Translation

ثم أسرع ذلك العظيمُ الذراعين فأقام هناك مع مئةٍ من أبنائه يتقدّمهم بانا، وصار الملجأَ الأعلى لأهل العطاء والصدقة.

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “then”)

• पुत्रशतेन: by/with a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-शत (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (“sons’ hundred” = hundred sons)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• बाणमुख्येन: with Bāṇa, the chief (one)
• बाणमुख्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण-मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक; बाण + मुख्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (“chief among arrows/sons named Bāṇa”)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly/hastily)

• वसमानः: dwelling/remaining
• वसमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (present participle, शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (“great-armed”)

• दातॄणाम्: of givers/donors
• दातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परा: supreme
• परा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘गतिḥ’)

• गतिः: refuge/goal
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāreśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Naimiṣāraṇya audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, mighty-armed, seated in a royal yet austere setting, surrounded by a hundred sons led by Bāṇa; donors approach him as a refuge, hands extended in reverence, while the Himalayan sacred aura subtly frames the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is exalted: one who embodies generosity becomes a ‘refuge’ and an example for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kedāra-kṣetra’s dharma-teaching is advanced; the verse itself focuses on Bali’s residence and charitable ideal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is dāna—cultivating the virtue of giving—though no specific rite is detailed.