Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि शासनानि बहूनि च । अन्यच्च प्रददौ पश्चात्स तेषां तुष्टिदायकम्

Transliteration

dattvā dānānyanekāni śāsanāni bahūni ca | anyacca pradadau paścātsa teṣāṃ tuṣṭidāyakam

Translation

Nachdem er viele Gaben gespendet und zudem zahlreiche Verleihungen, Stiftungen und Zuwendungen gewährt hatte, brachte er hernach noch weitere Opfergaben dar—Dinge, die ihnen volle Genugtuung schenkten.

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having given’

• दानानि: gifts; donations
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानानि)

• शासनानि: edicts; grants; charters
• शासनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बहूनि: many; numerous
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (शासनानि)

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

• अन्यत्: something else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘something else’

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

• प्रददौ: gave; bestowed
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; उपसर्गः ‘प्र-’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक; ‘afterwards’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• तुष्टिदायकम्: satisfaction-giving; pleasing
• तुष्टिदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्टि + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्यत्); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘तुष्टेः दायकः’ = giver of satisfaction)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-prāsāda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After consecration, the patron distributes gifts: cows, gold, cloth, grain; scribes record śāsanas; brāhmaṇas bless him; the temple stands behind as a symbol of enduring worship.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Śāsana (grant/endowment)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and worship are completed by generosity—supporting priests and institutions sustains dharma in a kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra where the prāsāda and its consecration occur; gifts and grants are made to uphold its ritual life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) and śāsana (formal endowments/grants), typically to support consecration rites and ongoing worship.