Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

त्वष्टा तस्मै ददौ प्रीतस्ततो रत्नान्यनेकशः । संख्याहीनानि तस्यैव कुप्याकुप्यमनंतकम्

Transliteration

tvaṣṭā tasmai dadau prītastato ratnānyanekaśaḥ | saṃkhyāhīnāni tasyaiva kupyākupyamanaṃtakam

Translation

ثم إن تْفَشْطْرَ، وقد سُرَّ به، وهبه أنواعًا كثيرة من الجواهر لا تُحصى، ومعها مخازن لا تنفد من المتاع النفيس والعادي.

Word by Word

• त्वष्टा: Tvaṣṭṛ (the divine artisan)
• त्वष्टा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvaṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nom), एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/dative), एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• प्रीतः: pleased
• प्रीतः: Karta (Agent-qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīta (कृदन्त; √prī (धातु))
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nom), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, तदनन्तरार्थे/अपादानार्थे (then/from that)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ratna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/acc), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many (numerous) quantities
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anekaśas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/परिमाणार्थे (in many ways; in great number)

• संख्याहीनानि: countless
• संख्याहीनानि: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃkhyā-hīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/acc), बहुवचन; समासः: संख्या + हीन (तत्पुरुषः: ‘devoid of count’)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• कुप्य: movable property
• कुप्य: Sambandha (Compound-member/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kupya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (समासपूर्वपद); ‘movable/valuable goods’

• अकुप्यम्: immovable property
• अकुप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: akupya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/acc), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वसमासः: कुप्य + अकुप्य (movable and immovable property)

• अनन्तकम्: endless; immeasurable
• अनन्तकम्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anantaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/acc), एकवचन; ‘endless’ (रत्नादीनां विशेषणम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific speaker not explicit in the provided excerpt)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tvaṣṭṛ, radiant and artisan-like, pours forth jewels and goods into the recipient’s hands or treasury; heaps of gems, textiles, vessels—both precious and ordinary—signify ‘kupyākupya’ abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Tvaṣṭṛ

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power and prosperity arise through divine sanction, yet they remain instruments within dharma—meant to be used rightly rather than clung to as ultimate.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as narrative setup within the Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the shloka itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit vrata, dāna, snāna, or japa is prescribed in this verse.