Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ददौ स दश धर्माय कश्यपाय त्रयोदश । तथैव स महाभागः सप्तविंशतिमिन्दवे

Transliteration

dadau sa daśa dharmāya kaśyapāya trayodaśa | tathaiva sa mahābhāgaḥ saptaviṃśatimindave

Translation

Il en donna dix à Dharma, treize à Kaśyapa; et de même, ce fortuné en donna vingt-sept à Indu, la Lune.

Word by Word

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• दश: ten
• दश: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या; द्वितीया (2) बहुवचनार्थे—‘ten (daughters)’ (numeral used as qualifier)

• धर्माय: to Dharma
• धर्माय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• कश्यपाय: to Kaśyapa
• कश्यपाय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

• त्रयोदश: thirteen
• त्रयोदश: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्या; द्वितीया (2) बहुवचनार्थे—‘thirteen (daughters)’; द्विगु (त्रयः+दश)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; emphatic particle

• स: he
• स: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• महाभागः: most fortunate/noble
• महाभागः: Karta (Qualifier/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (महान् भागः यस्य)

• सप्तविंशतिम्: twenty-seven
• सप्तविंशतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त + विंशति (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (सप्त+विंशति=27)

• इन्दवे: to the Moon
• इन्दवे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (continuing Dakṣa genealogy and marital distribution)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to the king (narādhipa implied in next verse; here continuing)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Dakṣa ceremonially gives daughters in marriage: ten to Dharma, thirteen to Kaśyapa, and twenty-seven as star-maidens to Soma (Moon), shown as a radiant lunar deity surrounded by a ring of nakṣatra goddesses.

Characters & Entities

• Dakṣa
• Dharma
• Kaśyapa
• Indu (Candra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic harmony is depicted through dharmic alliances—relationships that sustain time, seasons, and moral order.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse explains the mythic background of lunar/nakṣatra order.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; this is a genealogical statement.