Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

हरिस्तान्पूजयामास सप्तब्रह्मर्षिपुंगवान् । प्रददौ द्वादश ग्रामांस्तेभ्यस्तत्र जनार्दनः

Transliteration

haristānpūjayāmāsa saptabrahmarṣipuṃgavān | pradadau dvādaśa grāmāṃstebhyastatra janārdanaḥ

Translation

Hari rendit hommage à ces sept éminents brahma-ṛṣi, et là Janārdana leur accorda en don douze villages.

Word by Word

• हरिः: Hari
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तान्: those (persons)
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• पूजयामास: worshipped/honoured
• पूजयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; परिप्रयोगः ‘पूजयामास’ (intensive/periphrastic perfect sense: ‘worshipped’)

• सप्त-ब्रह्म-ऋषि-पुंगवान्: the seven foremost Brahmarṣis
• सप्त-ब्रह्म-ऋषि-पुंगवान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सप्त (संख्या) + ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक) + पुंगव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः (ब्रह्मर्षीणां पुंगवाः; सप्त संख्या-विशेषण)

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (संख्या)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘twelve’

• ग्रामान्: villages
• ग्रामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक (locative adverb)

• जनार्दनः: Janārdana
• जनार्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जनार्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari/Janārdana ceremonially honors seven eminent brahmarṣis; attendants present copper plates/charters symbolizing the grant of twelve villages; sages bless the donor; the river-tīrtha backdrop suggests sanctified governance.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Kṛṣṇa)
• Janārdana (Kṛṣṇa)
• Saptarṣi/Brahmarṣis
• Dāna (gift of villages)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Veneration becomes complete through generosity—honor (pūjā) is strengthened by righteous giving (dāna).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā region, presented as a place where dāna and pūjā yield enduring religious merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pūjā of the sages and grāma-dāna (donation of villages/land) to qualified recipients.