Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 134

Devanagari script

कांचनैरर्नोप्रदानैश्च गृहदानैर्धनादिभिः । भार्याभूषणवस्त्रैश्च कृतार्था ब्राह्मणाः कृताः

Transliteration

kāṃcanairarnopradānaiśca gṛhadānairdhanādibhiḥ | bhāryābhūṣaṇavastraiśca kṛtārthā brāhmaṇāḥ kṛtāḥ

Translation

With gifts of gold, with manifold offerings, with the gift of houses and wealth and the like, and with ornaments and garments for their wives, the brāhmaṇas were made fully satisfied and fulfilled.

Word by Word

• kāṃcanaiḥ: with gold (items)
• kāṃcanaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāṃcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural

• arṇopradānaiḥ: with gifts of food/grain
• arṇopradānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + pradāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्णस्य/अन्नस्य प्रदानम्)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• gṛhadānaiḥ: with gifts of houses
• gṛhadānaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (गृहस्य दानम्)

• dhanādibhiḥ: with wealth and the like
• dhanādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (आदि, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural; तत्पुरुषः (धनम् आदि यस्य/धनादि)

• bhāryābhūṣaṇavastraiḥ: with wives, ornaments, and garments
• bhāryābhūṣaṇavastraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — Instrumental Plural; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (भार्या-भूषण-वस्त्राणि)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kṛtārthāḥ: fulfilled; satisfied
• kṛtārthāḥ: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛta (कृत, कृदन्त) + artha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative Plural; कर्मधारयः (कृतः अर्थः येषाम्/कृतार्थ)

• brāhmaṇāḥ: brahmins
• brāhmaṇāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nominative Plural

• kṛtāḥ: were made (to be)
• kṛtāḥ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन — Nom. pl. masc.; कर्मणि भावः (were made)

Speaker

Narrator voice within Lomaharṣaṇa’s telling (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand gifting ceremony: piles of gold and valuables, deeds/keys of houses, garments and ornaments presented; brāhmaṇas and their families appear content, blessing the donor.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generous, respectful dāna to worthy brāhmaṇas is upheld as a dharmic act that brings religious fulfillment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the emphasis is on dāna and support of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is detailed: giving gold, wealth, houses, and garments/ornaments as charitable offerings.