Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि कृत्वा नाना व्रतानि च । यथालाभानवाप्नोति तथा स्तुत्याऽनया नरः

Transliteration

dattvā dānānyanekāni kṛtvā nānā vratāni ca | yathālābhānavāpnoti tathā stutyā'nayā naraḥ

Translation

多くの布施を施し、さまざまな誓願を修して得られるべき果報があるように、この聖なる讃歌によっても、人は同じ果報を得るのである。

Word by Word

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (दा धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having given)

• dānāni: gifts, donations
• dānāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), बहुवचन; कृत्वा/दत्त्वा इत्यस्य कर्म (things given)

• anekāni: many
• anekāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aneka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; dānāni इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• kṛtvā: having performed
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having done)

• nānā: various
• nānā: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nānā (अव्यय/विशेषणप्राय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषणार्थे (indeclinable used adjectivally = various)

• vratāni: vows, observances
• vratāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कृत्वा इत्यस्य कर्म

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• yathā-lābhān: results according to one’s gains (as deserved)
• yathā-lābhān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yathā (अव्यय) + lābha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभावः (yathā + lābha = according to gain); कर्मरूपेण (as results)

• avāpnoti: obtains
• avāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ava-āp (अव+आप् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; तदनुरूपेण (correlative adverb: so, likewise)

• stutyā: by the hymn
• stutyā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stuti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• anayā: by this
• anayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; इदम्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; stutyā इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kshetra (implicit)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A split-panel: on one side, a devotee performs many vratas and gives dāna; on the other, the same devotee recites the Dhruva-stuti with focused devotion—both sides balanced by a scale showing equal ‘phala’.

Characters & Entities

• Dhruvastuti
• Dāna
• Vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional praise can concentrate the merits of many external observances when done sincerely.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s devotional framework, consistent with Kāśī’s theme of concentrated merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Rely on recitation of this stuti as a merit-bearing practice comparable to dāna and vrata.