Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

शतं शतसहस्राणामयुतं नियुतं परम् । भूषितानां च धेनूनां ददामि तव चार्बुदम्

Transliteration

śataṃ śatasahasrāṇāmayutaṃ niyutaṃ param | bhūṣitānāṃ ca dhenūnāṃ dadāmi tava cārbudam

Translation

«Je te donnerai des centaines, des centaines de milliers, des dizaines de milliers, et même des millions—oui, une multitude immense—de vaches parées d’ornements, en échange.»

Word by Word

• śatam: a hundred
• śatam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (cardinal numeral)

• śata-sahasrāṇām: of hundred-thousands
• śata-sahasrāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक) + sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (determinative: ‘hundred-thousands’)

• ayutam: ten-thousand
• ayutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ayuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• niyutam: a million (niyuta)
• niyutam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• param: further, additional, exceeding
• param: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• bhūṣitānām: of adorned (ones)
• bhūṣitānām: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhūṣita (कृदन्त; √bhūṣ (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, विशेषण

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• dhenūnām: of cows
• dhenūnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhenu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• tava: to you / your
• tava: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• arbudam: an arbuda (a vast number)
• arbudam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arbuda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक (a very large number)

Speaker

Rājā (the king)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha milieu

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed as 'Bhārata' (epic-style addressee within the frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king offers an immense herd of ornamented cows as compensation, attendants presenting garlanded, bell-adorned cattle before a sage’s hermitage near a sacred river.

Characters & Entities

• Rājā (the king)
• Dvija/Brāhmaṇa (Jamadagni, implied)
• Dhenu (cows)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material abundance cannot purchase what is protected by dharma and spiritual authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa narrative milieu connected to the Narmadā sacred landscape.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (gifting cows) is referenced, but as an inducement; the Purāṇic frame critiques transactional piety.