Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

एकस्मै शिवभक्ताय तस्मिन्पार्थिवजन्मनि । भूमिर्वृत्तिकरी दत्ता सस्यारामान्विता मया

Transliteration

ekasmai śivabhaktāya tasminpārthivajanmani | bhūmirvṛttikarī dattā sasyārāmānvitā mayā

Translation

ആ പാർത്ഥിവ ജന്മത്തിൽ ഒരു ശിവഭക്തനു ഞാൻ ഉപജീവനം നൽകുന്ന ഭൂമി നൽകി; അത് ധാന്യവയലുകളും ഉദ്യാനങ്ങളും ഉൾക്കൊള്ളുന്നതായിരുന്നു।

Word by Word

• एकस्मै: to one
• एकस्मै: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘to one’

• शिवभक्ताय: to a devotee of Śiva
• शिवभक्ताय: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: शिवस्य भक्तः = devotee of Śiva

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of जन्मनि)

• पार्थिवजन्मनि: in (that) earthly birth
• पार्थिवजन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिव + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; कर्मधारय: पार्थिवं जन्म = earthly birth

• भूमिः: land
• भूमिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वृत्तिकरी: providing livelihood
• वृत्तिकरी: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वृत्ति + करिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: वृत्तिं करोति इति = livelihood-providing; विशेषणम् (of भूमिः)

• दत्ता: was given
• दत्ता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive sense)

• सस्यारामान्विता: endowed with crop-fields and gardens
• सस्यारामान्विता: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सस्य + आराम + अन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: सस्यारामैः अन्विता = endowed with fields and gardens; विशेषणम् (of भूमिः)

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Agent in passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (first-person narration within the ongoing discourse; likely the Yogīśa/teacher figure in context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni assembly (frame) or an interlocutor within the story (not explicit here)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A benefactor (or divine figure in narrative) grants fertile land to a Śiva devotee: green fields, grain, and a garden grove; the devotee bears tripuṇḍra and rudrākṣa, receiving the deed/blessing.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Śiva is honored through tangible support and merit; righteous giving sustains dharma and devotees.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes the dharmic act of supporting a Śiva-bhakta.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable gifting) is indicated—specifically granting livelihood-yielding land with fields and gardens.