Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

सतिलं सहिरण्यं च साक्षतं विधिपूर्वकम् । अवतीर्य ततः सर्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

satilaṃ sahiraṇyaṃ ca sākṣataṃ vidhipūrvakam | avatīrya tataḥ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo nivedayet

Translation

Mit Sesam, mit Gold und mit akṣata (ungebrochenen Körnern), nach der vorgeschriebenen Ordnung; dann, von der Waage/Plattform herabgestiegen, soll man alles den Brāhmaṇas darbringen.

Word by Word

• सतिलम्: with sesame
• सतिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-तिल (प्रातिपदिक; तिल + सह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (acc. sg. n.)

• सहिरण्यम्: with gold
• सहिरण्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक; हिरण्य + सह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

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

• स-अक्षतम्: with unbroken rice grains
• स-अक्षतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-अक्षत (प्रातिपदिक; अक्षत + सह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• विधि-पूर्वकम्: according to prescribed rite
• विधि-पूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial adjective: 'according to rule')

• अवतीर्य: having descended
• अवतीर्य: Kriya (Subordinate action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव-तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having descended/come down)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/काल/क्रमवाचक (then/from there)

• सर्वम्: all (of it)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्दः

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• निवेदयेत्: should offer/present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (rājan)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After descending from the balance, the donor offers sesame, gold, and unbroken rice to assembled brāhmaṇas, who receive with blessings.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes dharmic and fruitful when performed with prescribed sanctifying substances and offered to worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage belongs to a tīrtha-glorification setting, but this verse does not specify the site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Include sesame, gold, and akṣata; follow proper procedure; then offer the collected gifts to brāhmaṇas.