Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वदत्ता परदत्ता वा पालनीया वसुंधरा । यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्य तस्य तदा फलम्

Transliteration

svadattā paradattā vā pālanīyā vasuṃdharā | yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasya tasya tadā phalam

Translation

Qu’elle ait été donnée par soi-même ou par autrui, cette Terre doit être protégée et maintenue. À celui qui détient la terre en un temps donné revient alors le fruit de sa garde.

Word by Word

• sva-dattā: given by oneself
• sva-dattā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक) + datta (दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तत्पुरुष (स्वेन दत्ता)

• para-dattā: given by another
• para-dattā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (पर प्रातिपदिक) + datta (दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तत्पुरुष (परेण दत्ता)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• pālanīyā: to be protected
• pālanīyā: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāl (पाल् धातु) + anīya (अनीयर् प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/कर्तव्य (gerundive: to be protected)

• vasuṃdharā: the earth (land)
• vasuṃdharā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasuṃdharā (वसुंधरा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom
• yasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom (each)
• yasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति—प्रत्येकस्य)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (interrog./relative adverb: when)

• bhūmiḥ: the land
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (भूमि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tasya: of him (each)
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति—प्रत्येकस्य)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• phalam: the result / fruit
• phalam: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Earth as Vasundharā is shown as a revered entity; successive stewards/holders receive corresponding fruits based on their protection of the land.

Characters & Entities

• Vasundharā (Earth/Bhūmi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires safeguarding land grants; karmic results follow the current holder’s stewardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Revā-region (Narmadā/Revā) context, emphasizing dharma within the sacred geography of Revākhaṇḍa rather than naming a single tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it states a dharmic principle about protecting land (especially donated land).