Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

सुवस्त्राणि द्विजेंद्राणामर्पयामो यथाक्रमम्

Transliteration

suvastrāṇi dvijeṃdrāṇāmarpayāmo yathākramam

Translation

“আহা, যথাক্ৰমে দ্বিজশ্ৰেষ্ঠসকলক সুন্দৰ বস্ত্ৰ অৰ্পণ কৰোঁ।”

Word by Word

• सुवस्त्राणि: fine garments
• सुवस्त्राणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु- (उपसर्ग) + वस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; बहुवचन (acc. pl.); कर्मधारय-समास

• द्विजेन्द्राणाम्: of the chief Brahmins
• द्विजेन्द्राणाम्: Sampradana/Adhikarana (Recipient-specifier/सम्प्रदान-निर्देश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी विभक्ति; बहुवचन (gen. pl.); तत्पुरुष-समास (द्विजानाम् इन्द्राः = chiefs of Brahmins)

• अर्पयामः: we offer
• अर्पयामः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√अर्प्/√अर्पय् (धातु; causative of √ऋ/अर्प् in usage)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); उत्तमपुरुष; बहुवचन; परस्मैपद (present, 1st pl.: 'we offer/give')

• यथाक्रमम्: in order
• यथाक्रमम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in due order)

Speaker

Narrator (reported speech within the episode; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A deliberate vow-like statement: offering fine garments to eminent brāhmaṇas in proper sequence; the garments gleam with newly acquired purity.

Characters & Entities

• dvijendra (foremost Brāhmaṇas)
• vastra-dāna (garment charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes especially meritorious when done with reverence and proper etiquette toward worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, but the tīrtha is not named in this line alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Vastra-dāna: donating good garments to Brāhmaṇas, performed in an orderly, respectful manner.