Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

शतभारसुवर्णानि समादाय पुरोत्तमम् । सहस्रं भारमादाय सुवर्णानां ततोऽर्जुनः

Transliteration

śatabhārasuvarṇāni samādāya purottamam | sahasraṃ bhāramādāya suvarṇānāṃ tato'rjunaḥ

Translation

Ayant pris cent bhāras d’or, il parvint à la cité excellente. Puis Arjuna arriva aussi, portant mille bhāras d’or.

Word by Word

• śata: hundred
• śata: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन संख्याविशेषणम् (numeral qualifier used as compound member)

• bhāra: load; weight (bhāra)
• bhāra: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन परिमाणवाचकः (measure/weight term used as compound member)

• suvarṇāni: gold (pieces/amounts) of hundred-bhāra
• suvarṇāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः: śata-bhāra-suvarṇa (तत्पुरुषः; ‘hundred-bhāra of gold’/परिमाणनिर्देश)

• samādāya: having taken
• samādāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘सम्+आ+दा’—‘having taken/collected’

• purottamam: the best city
• purottamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः—pura-uttama ‘best city’

• sahasram: a thousand
• sahasram: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन संख्याविशेषणम् (numeral used as compound member)

• bhāram: a load (bhāra)
• bhāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ādāya: having taken
• ādāya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘आ+दा’—‘having taken’

• suvarṇānām: of gold
• suvarṇānām: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्ययप्रकारः—सम्बन्ध/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• arjunaḥ: Arjuna
• arjunaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arjuna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta-style narration) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal caravan enters a splendid city: attendants bearing heavy gold loads; Arjuna arrives with an even larger consignment, banners and drums announcing the tribute.

Characters & Entities

• Arjuna
• Suvarṇa (gold)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material abundance is portrayed as meaningful when mobilized for sacred duty—supporting yajña and the welfare upheld by rāja-dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu Māhātmya context frames the chapter, but this verse specifically details the amassed offerings for a royal rite.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct instruction; it enumerates gold gathered as yajña-supporting wealth.