Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 117

Devanagari script

उत्तानपाद उवाच । यानि यानि च दत्तानि शस्तानि जगतीपतेः । तानि सर्वाणि देवेश कथयस्व प्रसादतः

Transliteration

uttānapāda uvāca | yāni yāni ca dattāni śastāni jagatīpateḥ | tāni sarvāṇi deveśa kathayasva prasādataḥ

Translation

Uttānapāda dit : «Ô Seigneur des dieux, par ta grâce, expose-moi tous ces dons—chacun sans exception—que l’on célèbre comme excellents pour un roi, maître de la terre.»

Word by Word

• उत्तानपादः: Uttānapāda (proper name)
• उत्तानपादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उत्तानपाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यानि: which (things)
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• यानि: whatever (all)
• यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बल (emphatic repetition)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दत्तानि: given
• दत्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दा (धातु) + दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; 'यानि' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• शस्तानि: praiseworthy, commendable
• शस्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; 'दत्तानि' इत्यस्य/ 'यानि' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• जगतीपतेः: of the lord of the world
• जगतीपतेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक) + पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (जगतः पति:)

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; अन्वय-प्रत्यवस्थान (correlative)

• सर्वाणि: all
• सर्वाणि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; 'तानि' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• देवेश: O Lord of the gods
• देवेश: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (देवानाम् ईशः)

• कथयस्व: tell, narrate
• कथयस्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथय् (धातु; णिजन्त from कथ्)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• प्रसादतः: out of grace, kindly
• प्रसादतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Uttānapāda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (Narmadā tīrthas)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king (Uttānapāda) seated with folded hands questions Īśvara/Śiva in a tīrtha-forest near the Revā; sages and riverbank shrines in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Uttānapāda
• Deveśa (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right giving is a central duty of rulers; dharma is learned by humble inquiry and divine instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The inquiry occurs within the Cakratīrtha-focused narrative flow of Revā-khaṇḍa, where tīrtha-based gifts are being praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request for an authoritative list of commendable dānas (charities) suitable for kings (rāja-dharma).