Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

मोहेरकस्य पुरतो ग्रामद्वादशकं पुरः । ददौ विप्राय विदुषे समुत्थाय प्रहर्षितः

Transliteration

moherakasya purato grāmadvādaśakaṃ puraḥ | dadau viprāya viduṣe samutthāya praharṣitaḥ

Translation

Vor Moheraka erhob er sich freudestrahlend und schenkte einem gelehrten Brāhmaṇa zwölf Dörfer.

Word by Word

• मोहेरकस्य: of Moheraka
• मोहेरकस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहेरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; स्थान/व्यक्ति-नाम

• पुरतः: in front of
• पुरतः: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरतः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (preposition/adverb: in front of)

• ग्राम-द्वादशकम्: a group of twelve villages
• ग्राम-द्वादशकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वादशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः ‘द्वादश ग्रामाः’ (a set of twelve villages)

• पुरः: before/in front
• पुरः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरः (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: in front/before)

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

• विप्राय: to a Brahmin
• विप्राय: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन

• विदुषे: to the learned (one)
• विदुषे: Sampradana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विद्वस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; विशेषणं ‘विप्राय’

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + स्था (धातु) → समुत्थाय (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having risen/standing up’

• प्रहर्षितः: delighted
• प्रहर्षितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र + हृष् (धातु) → प्रहर्षित (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणं (कर्ता)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Moheraka-pura (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Before Moheraka-pura, Rāma rises in delight and ceremonially grants twelve villages to a learned brāhmaṇa; attendants witness, holding grant documents and auspicious vessels.

Characters & Entities

• Moheraka
• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Reverence to knowledge and dharma is expressed through generous, sustaining gifts—land and villages that support learning and ritual life.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The locality associated with Moheraka is referenced as a sacred-geographical marker within Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Grāma-dāna (donation of villages/land) to a learned brāhmaṇa, performed with respectful demeanor (rising in honor).