Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

तत्तोयदानाच्च हरेः प्राप्यते विष्णुवल्लभैः । चतुर्वारभ्रमीभिश्च जगत्सर्वं चराचरम्

Transliteration

tattoyadānācca hareḥ prāpyate viṣṇuvallabhaiḥ | caturvārabhramībhiśca jagatsarvaṃ carācaram

Translation

Et par ce don d’eau, les dévots chers à Viṣṇu atteignent Hari. Et ceux qui font la circumambulation quatre fois embrassent, pour ainsi dire, le monde entier—le mobile et l’immobile.

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular; (समासे पूर्वपद-रूपेण)

• तोयदानात्: from/after the giving of water
• तोयदानात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन — Ablative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक — conjunction

• हरेः: of Hari
• हरेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Genitive singular

• प्राप्यते: is obtained
• प्राप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन — is obtained

• विष्णुवल्लभैः: by the beloveds/devotees of Viṣṇu
• विष्णुवल्लभैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + वल्लभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण/कर्तृ), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (agent in passive sense)

• चतुर्वारभ्रमीभिः: by/with fourfold circumambulations
• चतुर्वारभ्रमीभिः: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर् + वार + भ्रमिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (agent/means)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय-बोधक — conjunction

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nom./Acc. singular (context: object)

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषणम् जगत् प्रति

• चराचरम्: moving and unmoving
• चराचरम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चर + अचर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषणम् जगत् प्रति

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viṣṇu-vallabha devotees / dvija audience implied

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Viṣṇu devotee offers water to brāhmaṇas; pilgrims circle the shrine four times; the background subtly shows the ‘moving and unmoving’ world—animals, trees, rivers, and celestial motifs—contained within the sacred circuit.

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Viṣṇu
• water-gift (toya-dāna)
• fourfold circumambulation

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity and disciplined tīrtha-circling become direct means for devotees to draw near to Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues a general tīrtha-ritual glorification in Chapter 240; it highlights the merit of the practice rather than naming the location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give water as charity/offering and perform circumambulation four times, praised as spiritually all-encompassing.