Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 74

Devanagari script

परितुष्टोऽस्मि भद्रं ते तव पार्थिवसत्तम । घृतकंबलदानेन संख्यया रहितेन च

Transliteration

parituṣṭo'smi bhadraṃ te tava pārthivasattama | ghṛtakaṃbaladānena saṃkhyayā rahitena ca

Translation

«Je suis pleinement satisfait de toi—que l’auspice soit tien, ô meilleur des rois—à cause de ton don de couvertures imprégnées de ghee, et parce que tu l’as fait sans compter, sans mesure.»

Word by Word

• parituṣṭaḥ: fully pleased
• parituṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari-√tuṣ (धातु) → parituṣṭa (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• asmi: am
• asmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; ‘I am’

• bhadram: good fortune
• bhadram: Sambodhana-arthaka (Benedictive/आशीः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhadra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; आशीर्वादार्थक प्रयोग ‘good fortune’

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी) वा षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; here benedictive ‘to you/for you’

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• pārthiva-sattama: O best of kings
• pārthiva-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (कर्मधारय: ‘पार्थिवः सत्तमः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ghṛta-kaṃbala-dānena: by the gift of a ghee-blanket
• ghṛta-kaṃbala-dānena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + kaṃbala (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः (तत्पुरुष: ‘घृतकम्बलस्य दानम्’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; instrumental ‘by the gift…’

• saṃkhyayā: by number, in count
• saṃkhyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• rahitena: without, devoid of
• rahitena: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rahita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; agrees with implied ‘dānena’ (instrumental)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Śiva

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king humbly offers multiple ghṛta-kambalas (ghee-soaked blankets or ghee-offering associated with kambala-dāna) to a radiant Śiva; the deity grants an auspicious blessing, attendants and lamps glowing at dusk.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• ghṛta-kaṃbala-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The spirit of giving—unmeasured and wholehearted—draws Śiva’s grace more than mere ritual formality.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse praises the act (ghṛta-kaṃbala-dāna) within the chapter’s tīrtha setting; the site is not specified in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ghṛta-kaṃbala-dāna: donating “ghee-blankets,” performed abundantly (without numerical limit).