Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

तस्य दत्तस्य चाद्यैव पितामहशतं गतम् । पंचोत्तरमसन्दिग्धं यावत्त्वं कुपितामह

Transliteration

tasya dattasya cādyaiva pitāmahaśataṃ gatam | paṃcottaramasandigdhaṃ yāvattvaṃ kupitāmaha

Translation

Par ce don, aujourd’hui encore, cent cinq générations d’ancêtres ont, sans doute, atteint la délivrance—tant que toi, ô aïeul courroucé, demeures apaisé.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of that; of it
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• दत्तस्य: of the gift / of what was given
• दत्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: √dā (धातु) + datta (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP used substantively), पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘तस्य’ इत्यन्वयः

• च: and
• च: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अद्य: today; now
• अद्य: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: adya (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• पितामहशतम्: a hundred grandfathers/ancestors
• पितामहशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha-śata (प्रातिपदिक); pitāmaha + śata
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; षष्ठी/कर्मधारय-प्राय तत्पुरुष (पितामहानां शतम्)

• गतम्: gone; passed away
• गतम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √gam (धातु) + gata (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; ‘पितामहशतम्’ इति विशेषण/विधेय

• पञ्चोत्तरम्: five more (i.e., 105)
• पञ्चोत्तरम्: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pañca-uttara (प्रातिपदिक); pañca + uttara
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (पञ्च अधिकम्)

• असन्दिग्धम्: undoubted; certain
• असन्दिग्धम्: Visheshaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a-sandigdha (प्रातिपदिक); na + sandigdha
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; नञ्-तत्पुरुष

• यावत्: as long as; to the extent that
• यावत्: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय/संबन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधि-वाचक अव्यय (correlative: as long as/so much as)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• कुपितामह: O angry grandfather/ancestor
• कुपितामह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kupita-āmaha (प्रातिपदिक); kupita + āmaha
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (कुपितः आमहः)

Speaker

Nāgara brāhmaṇas (collectively), admonishing a ritual performer (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgara-kṣetra (implied)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestral line (pitṛs) symbolically rising/being released due to the sacred grant; an ‘angry forefather’ is addressed, suggesting a ritual of appeasement and reconciliation.

Characters & Entities

• pitāmaha (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A properly offered gift (dāna) at the right sacred setting can uplift many ancestral generations, emphasizing dharmic correctness and reverence for the pitṛs.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, praising the dharmic efficacy of rites performed in the Nāgara sacred region (local tīrtha-setting of this chapter).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The focus is on dāna (charitable giving) and its pitṛ-benefit (ancestral uplift), implying the need for ritually proper offering to yield assured results.