Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

यस्तस्यां कुरुते मर्त्यः कन्यादानं समाहितः । समस्तं फलमाप्नोति राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः

Transliteration

yastasyāṃ kurute martyaḥ kanyādānaṃ samāhitaḥ | samastaṃ phalamāpnoti rājasūyāśvamedhayoḥ

Translation

Der Sterbliche, der dort mit gesammeltetem Geist die kanyā-dāna (Gabe der Jungfrau) vollzieht, erlangt den ganzen Lohn der Opfer Rājasūya und Aśvamedha.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• तस्यां: in that (place)
• तस्यां: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• कुरुते: does/performs
• कुरुते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• मर्त्यः: a mortal
• मर्त्यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• कन्यादानं: gift of a maiden (kanyādāna)
• कन्यादानं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• समाहितः: composed; attentive
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) → समाहित (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (PPP)

• समस्तं: entire; complete
• समस्तं: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• आप्नोति: attains
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः: of the Rājasūya and Aśvamedha (sacrifices)
• राजसूयाश्वमेधयोः: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय (प्रातिपदिक) + अश्वमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), षष्ठी (6th case), द्विवचन (dual); द्वन्द्वसमास

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (within Sūta’s narration in Tīrthamāhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gāyatrī-tīrtha

Type: kund

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija audience (implied by surrounding address style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal kanyādāna ceremony near the tīrtha: father giving the bride’s hand with water-libation; priests; Devī shrine and Hāṭakeśvara temple silhouette; symbolic overlay of aśvamedha/rajasūya grandeur (horse banner, sacrificial posts) rendered as faint, visionary motifs to indicate ‘equivalence’.

Characters & Entities

• Rājasūya
• Aśvamedha
• Gāyatrī-tīrtha (context)
• Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless dāna performed with inner collectedness, especially at a tīrtha, is praised as yielding exalted spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘there’ indicates the chapter’s celebrated site—Gāyatrī-tīrtha within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Nāgara Khaṇḍa, Tīrthamāhātmya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna (giving a daughter in marriage), performed with a composed and reverent mind.