Shloka 54 - Adhyaya 38 - Dharmaranya Mahatmya - Brahma Khanda | Malayalam | Vedapath

Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

एतच्छ्रुत्वा ततो राजा तुलादानं चकार ह । दीयमाने तदा दाने चातुर्विद्या बभाषिरे

Transliteration

etacchrutvā tato rājā tulādānaṃ cakāra ha | dīyamāne tadā dāne cāturvidyā babhāṣire

Translation

ഇത് കേട്ട രാജാവ് അപ്പോൾ തുലാദാനം നടത്തി; ദാനം നൽകപ്പെടുമ്പോൾ ചാതുർവിദ്യയിൽ നിപുണരായ പണ്ഡിതർ വചനമുച്ഛരിച്ചു।

Word by Word

एतत्this

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

ततःthen

राजाthe king

तुलादानम्gift by weighing (tulā-dāna)

चकारdid / performed

हindeed

दीयमानेwhile (it was) being given

तदाat that time

दानेin/at the donation

चातुर्विद्याःthe four branches of learning (the four Vedas/knowledges)

बभाषिरेspoke

Speaker

Unknown (narrative voice within Brāhma Khaṇḍa; likely Sūta-style narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand tulā (balance scale) is set; the king is weighed against gold/grain; brāhmaṇas chant; gifts are distributed as the scale steadies.

Characters & Entities

King (rājā)

Cāturvidyas (learned scholars)

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When justice is sought and charity is offered with sincerity, dharma is strengthened and social harmony is restored.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific tīrtha is not named in this verse; it continues the Dharmāraṇya narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tulādāna—making a donation by weighing (traditionally weighing oneself or valuables and donating an equivalent).