Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

कन्यादानं च ये कुर्युर्विधिना तत्र भूपते । ते तिष्ठन्ति ब्रह्मलोके यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

kanyādānaṃ ca ye kuryurvidhinā tatra bhūpate | te tiṣṭhanti brahmaloke yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

ഹേ ഭൂപതേ! അവിടെ വിധിപൂർവം കന്യാദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ ആഭൂതസമ്പ്ലവം (പ്രളയം) വരെയും ബ്രഹ്മലോകത്തിൽ വസിക്കും।

Word by Word

• कन्यादानम्: gift of a maiden (kanyādāna)
• कन्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायाः दानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कुर्युः: should do; perform
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• विधिना: according to rule
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

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

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; stay
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अवधि-निर्देशक (until; as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Karma (Extent/limit as object of 'yāvat')
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: आ-उपसर्गार्थक (आभूत = यावत् भूतम्/सर्वभूतपर्यन्तम्) + संप्लव (प्रलय)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced; direct address to the king continues the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred marriage-gift scene at a riverbank tīrtha: the bride’s guardian performs kanyādāna with water-pouring (udaka), priest chanting, with the tīrtha and a Śiva shrine nearby; celestial imagery hints at Brahmaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed as dharma, especially at a sanctified tirtha and with correct procedure, is extolled as yielding exalted posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “there” refers to the Devakhāta-associated sacred locale being praised in Adhyāya 15.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna (marriage-gift of the bride) performed vidhinā—according to śāstric procedure—at the holy place.