Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

तस्मादहमपि स्थाप्य पुरमीदृक्समुच्छ्रितम् । ब्राह्मणेभ्यः प्रदास्यामि तत्कीर्तिपरिवृद्धये

Transliteration

tasmādahamapi sthāpya puramīdṛksamucchritam | brāhmaṇebhyaḥ pradāsyāmi tatkīrtiparivṛddhaye

Translation

C’est pourquoi, moi aussi, après avoir établi une cité si haute et splendide, je la donnerai aux brāhmaṇas, afin d’accroître cette renommée.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Logical relation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तस्मात् (अव्यय/तद्-प्रयोगः)
• Form: अव्यय (हेतु/निष्कर्षबोधक) — therefore/from that reason

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा, एकवचन — I

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे) — also/even

• स्थाप्य: having established
• स्थाप्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + णिच् (स्थापय) + ल्यप्
• Form: कृदन्त (ल्यप्-अव्ययभावे) — ‘स्थाप्य’ = having established/after establishing

• पुरम्: a city
• पुरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — city

• ईदृक्: such
• ईदृक्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश्/ईदृक् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — such/like this

• समुच्छ्रितम्: lofty/raised
• समुच्छ्रितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उत् + श्रि (धातु) + त (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त) — नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘raised/high’ (puram qualifies)

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), बहुवचन — to the Brahmins

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future/लृट्), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन — I will give

• तत्: of that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे (समासपूर्वपद) — of that/its

• कीर्ति: fame
• कीर्ति: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (समासाङ्ग), षष्ठी-सम्बन्धे — fame

• परिवृद्धये: for the increase
• परिवृद्धये: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परि + वृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन — तत्पुरुष-समास (तत्कीर्तेः परिवृद्धिः) ; ‘for the increase’

Speaker

King

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (māhīpati)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ruler ceremonially establishes a lofty city—raising banners, laying foundations, consecrating boundaries—and then performs a formal donation to assembled Brāhmaṇas, with water-pouring (udaka-dāna) and witnesses.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• pura (city)
• kīrti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The highest royal dharma is to establish and sustain dhārmic communities; giving to the worthy extends both merit and lasting renown.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of founding a city modeled on an exemplary sacred settlement (contextually linked to Camatkāra-pura); a named tīrtha is not specified here.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A major act of dāna: donating an established city/settlement to Brāhmaṇas (brahmadeya-style gifting).