Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

लक्षकोटिसहस्राणि लक्षकोटिशतान्यपि । सुवर्णानि ददौ कृष्णो धर्मपुत्राय यादवः

Transliteration

lakṣakoṭisahasrāṇi lakṣakoṭiśatānyapi | suvarṇāni dadau kṛṣṇo dharmaputrāya yādavaḥ

Translation

Kṛṣṇa le Yādava donna à Dharmaputra de l’or en mesure incommensurable : des milliers de lakṣa-koṭis, et même des centaines de lakṣa-koṭis.

Word by Word

• lakṣa: one hundred thousand (lakṣa)
• lakṣa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन संख्याविशेषणम् (as compound member ‘hundred-thousand’)

• koṭi: crore
• koṭi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन संख्यापरिमाणवाचकः (crore; used as compound member)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands (in lakṣa-koṭi measure)
• sahasrāṇi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः lakṣa-koṭi-sahasra (तत्पुरुषः; ‘thousands of lakṣa-koṭi’)

• lakṣa: lakṣa
• lakṣa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन संख्याविशेषणम्

• koṭi: crore
• koṭi: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (crore)

• śatāni: hundreds (in lakṣa-koṭi measure)
• śatāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; समासः lakṣa-koṭi-śatāni (तत्पुरुषः; ‘hundreds of lakṣa-koṭi’)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (also/even)

• suvarṇāni: gold (coins/amounts)
• suvarṇāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: suvarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• kṛṣṇaḥ: Kṛṣṇa
• kṛṣṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛṣṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• dharmaputrāya: to Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• dharmaputrāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः ‘son of Dharma’ (युधिष्ठिर)

• yādavaḥ: the Yādava (descendant of Yadu)
• yādavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yādava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; kṛṣṇaḥ इत्यस्य उपाधि/विशेषणरूपेण

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kṛṣṇa bestows immense quantities of gold upon Yudhiṣṭhira; heaps of gold, orderly accountants, grateful courtiers; Kṛṣṇa calm and luminous, Yudhiṣṭhira composed and dharmic.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Dharmaputra (Yudhiṣṭhira)
• Yādava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest giving (dāna) is portrayed as that which empowers dharma—supporting sacred rites and righteous governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu-kṣetra (Setukhaṇḍa) narrative context continues; this verse emphasizes Kṛṣṇa’s patronage rather than a named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (generous gifting of gold) is exemplified as support for Dharmaputra’s major sacrificial undertaking.