Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 115

Devanagari script

भोजयित्वा तथा राज्ञी ददौ दानं यथाविधि । पादुकोपानहौ छत्रं शय्यां गोवृषमेव च

Transliteration

bhojayitvā tathā rājñī dadau dānaṃ yathāvidhi | pādukopānahau chatraṃ śayyāṃ govṛṣameva ca

Translation

Nachdem sie sie gespeist hatte, gab die Königin Gaben nach Vorschrift: Sandalen und Schuhe, einen Schirm, ein Bett und zudem eine Kuh und einen Stier.

Word by Word

• भोजयित्वा: having fed
• भोजयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: णिच् (causative) + क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तथा: then/also
• तथा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण

• राज्ञी: the queen
• राज्ञी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राज्ञी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दानम्: a gift, donation
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण

• पादुक: sandals
• पादुक: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पादुका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (समाहारार्थे सूची)

• उपानहौ: shoes (pair)
• उपानहौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानह्/उपानत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, द्विवचन

• छत्रम्: umbrella
• छत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शय्याम्: bed
• शय्याम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शय्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• गोवृषम्: a cow and a bull
• गोवृषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वार्थे), द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• एव: indeed, also
• एव: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva), in dialogue context

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakratīrtha (contextual)

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After brāhmaṇa-bhojana, the queen distributes gifts: sandals, umbrella, bed, and leads a cow and bull as go-dāna; recipients bless her.

Characters & Entities

• Rājñī (queen)
• Dāna
• Go
• Vṛṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is completed by generosity: feeding and gifting, done yathāvidhi, turns ritual into compassionate social virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The gifts are described in the Cakratīrtha-centered account within Revā-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Post-feeding charity: giving sandals/shoes, umbrella, bed, and gifting cow and bull.