Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रददौ ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च वाजिमेधे धरां पुनः । तैश्च निर्वासितस्तत्र जगामोदधिसंनिधौ

Transliteration

pradadau brāhmaṇebhyaśca vājimedhe dharāṃ punaḥ | taiśca nirvāsitastatra jagāmodadhisaṃnidhau

Translation

ಅಶ್ವಮೇಧ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿ ಅವನು ಭೂಮಿಯನ್ನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ದಾನಮಾಡಿದನು; ಆದರೆ ಅವರಿಂದಲೇ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರ್ವಾಸಿತನಾಗಿ ಸಮುದ್ರದ ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಗೆ ತೆರಳಿದನು.

Word by Word

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd person singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; dative plural

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

• वाजिमेधे: in the Aśvamedha
• वाजिमेधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular

• धराम्: the earth
• धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्ति); adverb

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

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

• निर्वासितः: was banished
• निर्वासितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + वस् (धातु) → निर्वासित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle masculine nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय; locative adverb

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd person singular

• उदधिसंनिधौ: near the ocean
• उदधिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular

Speaker

Sūta (implied narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Odadhi-sannidhi tīrtha (unnamed coastal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma completes the land-gift to brāhmaṇas; then, with a quiet, wounded composure, he is shown departing—walking toward the vast ocean horizon, waves and seabirds marking the liminal sacred edge.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas
• Aśvamedha (vājimedha)
• udadhi (ocean)
• Rāma (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoring what was unjustly taken is dharma; yet even powerful agents are subject to social-religious boundaries set by the brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean’s vicinity is mentioned as a destination, suggesting a coastal sacred-geography thread, but no specific tīrtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references the Aśvamedha-associated land-gift (dāna), but does not prescribe a new rite.