Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

यानि दत्तानि भूपेन व्यवहारैस्तदा मम । पञ्चांगश्च प्रसादो यो मया प्राप्तश्च तैः सह

Transliteration

yāni dattāni bhūpena vyavahāraistadā mama | pañcāṃgaśca prasādo yo mayā prāptaśca taiḥ saha

Translation

Les choses qui m'ont été données alors par le roi dans le cadre des règlements légaux, ainsi que l'ornement quintuple et la faveur que j'ai reçue avec eux...

Word by Word

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

• दत्तानि: given
• दत्तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), बहुवचन; ‘given’

• भूपेन: by the king
• भूपेन: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• व्यवहारैः: by dealings/transactions
• व्यवहारैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यवहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तदा: then
• तदा: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पञ्चांगः: the fivefold set/‘pañcāṅga’
• पञ्चांगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्च + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (पञ्च अङ्गानि यस्य/पञ्च-अङ्ग-सम्बद्धः)

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

• प्रसादः: favor, grace; gift
• प्रसादः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: which (he/that)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karta (Agent of passive/कर्तृ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: obtained, received
• प्राप्तः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) + त (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘obtained/received’

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

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (preposition-like indeclinable)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya episode (deduced narrative speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrator/character enumerates items received from a king: bundles, documents/seals of settlement, and a sacred ‘prasāda’ packet; objects laid out on a cloth in a domestic/royal setting.

Characters & Entities

• bhūpa (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly gains—grants, favors, and settlements—remain part of karmic narrative and can become entanglements if divorced from dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the surrounding tīrthamāhātmya storyline rather than naming a site directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse references royal giving and transactional contexts (vyavahāra), not a rite like snāna or dāna.