Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा वृत्तिं च संहृष्टो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो निवेद्य च । जगाम स्वाश्रमं भूयो विप्रानामंत्र्य तांस्ततः

Transliteration

dattvā vṛttiṃ ca saṃhṛṣṭo brāhmaṇebhyo nivedya ca | jagāma svāśramaṃ bhūyo viprānāmaṃtrya tāṃstataḥ

Translation

ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಜೀವನೋಪಾಯದ ವೃತ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ದಾನಮಾಡಿ, ಹರ್ಷದಿಂದ ವಿಧಿವತ್ತಾಗಿ ಅರ್ಪಿಸಿ, ನಂತರ ಆ ವಿಪ್ರರಿಗೆ ವಿದಾಯ ಹೇಳಿ ಅವನು ಪುನಃ ತನ್ನ ಆಶ್ರಮಕ್ಕೆ ಹೋದನು।

Word by Word

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—दत्त्वा (having given)

• vṛttim: livelihood, maintenance
• vṛttim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛtti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: delighted
• saṃhṛṣṭaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saṃ-√hṛṣ (हृष् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त (PPP) / भाववाचक-विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषणम्—प्रहृष्टः

• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: to the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• nivedya: having offered/informed
• nivedya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√vid (विद् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—निवेद्य (having informed/offered/presented)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक

• jagāma: he went
• jagāma: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदी; अर्थः—जगाम (he went)

• sva: his own
• sva: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोग/सर्वनामविशेषण; समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (in compound)

• āśramam: hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; (sva + āśramam → svāśramam)

• bhūyaḥ: again, further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, पुनरर्थक (again/further)

• viprān: Brahmins
• viprān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), बहुवचन

• āmantrya: having taken leave of/invited
• āmantrya: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√mantr (मन्त्र् धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive); अर्थः—आमन्त्र्य (having invited/taken leave of)

• tān: those
• tān: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् ‘viprān’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; अर्थे—ततः/अनन्तरम् (then/thereafter)

Speaker

Narrator (Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa, by Mahātmya narrative convention)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The founder joyfully grants livelihood support to brāhmaṇas—bags of grain/coins, deeds, or daily provisions—then respectfully bids farewell and walks back toward a forest hermitage.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Vipras
• Āśrama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-dharma is completed by dāna: supporting brāhmaṇas and honoring them properly is upheld as a joyful, meritorious duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative in a local sacred setting; the tīrtha name is not stated in this verse alone.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna in the form of vṛtti (ongoing maintenance/support) to brāhmaṇas, offered formally (nivedya).