Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

इन्द्र उवाच । यदि कश्चित्सुतस्तुभ्यं विप्रेभ्यः सततं जलम् । ददाति च सदा सस्यं तत्ते तृप्तिः प्रजायते

Transliteration

indra uvāca | yadi kaścitsutastubhyaṃ viprebhyaḥ satataṃ jalam | dadāti ca sadā sasyaṃ tatte tṛptiḥ prajāyate

Translation

Indra dit : «Si l’un de tes fils donne sans cesse de l’eau aux brāhmaṇa, et offre toujours du grain/de la nourriture, alors la satisfaction naît pour toi.»

Word by Word

• इन्द्रः: Indra
• इन्द्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• यदि: if
• यदि: Avyaya (Condition/शर्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• कश्चित्: some
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular), अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• सुतः: son
• सुतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तुभ्यम्: to you/for you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी/पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Dat./Abl.), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सततम्: constantly
• सततम्: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सतत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial use: constantly)

• जलम्: water
• जलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Temporal adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सस्यम्: grain/produce
• सस्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सस्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्: then/that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• ते: for you/to you
• ते: Sampradana (Beneficiary/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Gen./Dat.), एकवचन (Singular)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रजायते: arises/is produced
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Indra

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: the King

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Indra explains the remedy: a son on earth regularly offers water and grain to brāhmaṇas; a visual split-scene can show the son’s charity on earth and the father’s relief in heaven.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipra)
• Son (Suta)
• King

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit generated by a descendant’s ongoing gifts—especially water and food to the worthy—can relieve and satisfy an ancestor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it functions as a dharma teaching within a tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuous jala-dāna and anna/śasya-dāna to brāhmaṇas (vipras).