Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

तेषां च ब्राह्मणानां च स्थानमेकं सुनिर्भयम् । दत्तं रामेण सीतायाः संतोषाय महीभृता

Transliteration

teṣāṃ ca brāhmaṇānāṃ ca sthānamekaṃ sunirbhayam | dattaṃ rāmeṇa sītāyāḥ saṃtoṣāya mahībhṛtā

Translation

Und jenen Brāhmaṇas gewährte Rāma, der König, eine einzige, wohlgeschützte und furchtlose Wohnstätte, um Sītās Wunsch und Freude zu erfüllen.

Word by Word

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• स्थानम्: a place
• स्थानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र ‘दत्तम्’ इत्यस्य कर्म (द्वितीया)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘स्थानम्’

• सुनिर्भयम्: very safe/fearless
• सुनिर्भयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु + निर्भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘स्थानम्’

• दत्तम्: was given
• दत्तम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘स्थानम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणवत्: ‘(स्थानम्) दत्तम्’

• रामेण: by Rāma
• रामेण: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• सीतायाः: of Sītā
• सीतायाः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सीता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• संतोषाय: for (her) satisfaction
• संतोषाय: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संतोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• महीभृता: by the king (earth-bearer)
• महीभृता: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीभृत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘महीभृत्’ = राजा

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Brāhma Khaṇḍa context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sītāpura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Rāma grants a single consolidated, secure settlement to the brāhmaṇas; Sītā’s satisfaction is shown through calm approval; the space appears protected and orderly.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Sītā
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is not merely wealth-transfer; ensuring safety and stability for dhārmic communities is a high form of righteous kingship.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The developing sacred settlement around Sītāpura within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāna-dāna—granting a protected place/land to brāhmaṇas as a dhārmic gift.