Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा वृत्तिं च संहृष्टो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेद्य च । जगाम स्वाश्रमं भूयो विप्रानामंत्र्य तांस्ततः

Transliteration

dattvā vṛttiṃ ca saṃhṛṣṭo brāhmaṇebhyo nivedya ca | jagāma svāśramaṃ bhūyo viprānāmaṃtrya tāṃstataḥ

Translation

وبعد أن منحهم ما يقوم به معاشهم، وفرِح قلبه، وقدَّمه على الوجه اللائق للبراهمة، استأذن أولئك الفِبرا (البرهمنة العلماء) وانصرف راجعًا إلى أشرمه من جديد.

Word by Word

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—दत्त्वा (having given)

• vṛttim: livelihood, maintenance
• vṛttim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√hṛṣ (हृष् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (PPP) / भाववाचक-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम्—प्रहृष्टः

• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: to the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• nivedya: having offered/informed
• nivedya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (विद् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—निवेद्य (having informed/offered/presented)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• jagāma: he went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—जगाम (he went)

• sva: his own
• sva: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग/सर्वनामविशेषण; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (in compound)

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (sva + āśramam → svāśramam)

• bhūyaḥ: again, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• āmantrya: having taken leave of/invited
• āmantrya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√mantr (मन्त्र् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—आमन्त्र्य (having invited/taken leave of)

• tān: those
• tān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘viprān’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अर्थे—ततः/अनन्तरम् (then/thereafter)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, by Mahātmya narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The founder joyfully grants livelihood support to brāhmaṇas—bags of grain/coins, deeds, or daily provisions—then respectfully bids farewell and walks back toward a forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Vipras
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-dharma is completed by dāna: supporting brāhmaṇas and honoring them properly is upheld as a joyful, meritorious duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative in a local sacred setting; the tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna in the form of vṛtti (ongoing maintenance/support) to brāhmaṇas, offered formally (nivedya).