Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणेभ्यः कुरुक्षेत्रे यैर्दत्तं वसु निर्मलम् । निर्मलांगास्त एते वै तिष्ठंति मम संनिधा

Transliteration

brāhmaṇebhyaḥ kurukṣetre yairdattaṃ vasu nirmalam | nirmalāṃgāsta ete vai tiṣṭhaṃti mama saṃnidhā

Translation

Diejenigen, die in Kurukṣetra den Brāhmaṇas reinen, unbefleckten Besitz geschenkt haben—diese Andächtigen mit geläuterten Gliedern verweilen wahrhaft in meiner unmittelbaren Gegenwart.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to/for the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान/दत्त-प्रयोजन), बहुवचन; Dative plural

• कुरुक्षेत्रे: in Kurukṣetra
• कुरुक्षेत्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुक्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular; समासः—कुरूणां क्षेत्रम् (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Instrumental plural (relative pronoun)

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle ‘given’

• वसु: wealth
• वसु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (here object with दत्तम्)

• निर्मलम्: pure, spotless
• निर्मलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् वसोः

• निर्मलाङ्गाः: those having pure limbs
• निर्मलाङ्गाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्मल + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः—निर्मलानि अङ्गानि येषाम् (possessive)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• एते: these
• एते: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; deictic pronoun

• वै: indeed
• वै: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• तिष्ठन्ति: stand, remain
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; Present indicative

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• सन्निधौ: in (my) presence, near me
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Locative singular (sandhi-resolved from संनिधा → सन्निधौ)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kurukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at Kurukṣetra offers a clean bundle of coins/cloth to seated Brāhmaṇas near a sacred tank; a subtle aura indicates the deity’s presence and the donor’s limbs becoming radiant/purified.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Kurukṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes spiritually transformative when it is pure in source and intention, especially when offered to worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kurukṣetra is highlighted as a powerful field of merit where dāna yields proximity to the divine.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna—giving pure wealth to Brāhmaṇas—is prescribed as a high-merit act.