Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

एते चान्ये च बहवः स्थाणोर्दानेन भक्तितः । रुद्रलोकं गता नित्यं शान्तात्मानो जितेन्द्रियाः

Transliteration

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ sthāṇordānena bhaktitaḥ | rudralokaṃ gatā nityaṃ śāntātmāno jitendriyāḥ

Translation

ഇവരും മറ്റും അനേകരും ഭക്തിയോടെ സ്ഥാണു (ശിവൻ)ക്ക് ദാനം അർപ്പിച്ച് രുദ്രലോകം പ്രാപിച്ചു—നിത്യ ശാന്താത്മാക്കളായി, ജിതേന്ദ്രിയരായി.

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

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

• अन्ये: others
• अन्ये: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• बहवः: many
• बहवः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• स्थाणोः: of Sthāṇu (Rudra)
• स्थाणोः: Sambandha (Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थाणु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दानेन: by (the act of) giving; through donation
• दानेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन

• भक्तितः: out of devotion
• भक्तितः: Hetu (हेतु/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘-तः’ = ‘out of/from’

• रुद्रलोकम्: Rudra’s world
• रुद्रलोकम्: Karma (कर्म/goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—रुद्रस्य लोकः (तत्पुरुषः)

• गताः: went
• गताः: Kriya (क्रिया/Main predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘gone’

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• शान्तात्मानः: peaceful-souled
• शान्तात्मानः: Visheshana (विशेषण of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शान्त + आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—शान्तः आत्मा यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहिः)

• जितेन्द्रियाः: sense-controlled
• जितेन्द्रियाः: Visheshana (विशेषण of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; समासः—जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य सः (बहुव्रीहिः)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Rudraloka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A procession of serene donors, peaceful and self-controlled, offering gifts to Sthāṇu/Śiva (symbolized by liṅga or ascetic Śiva), then ascending to Rudraloka with Kailāsa-like radiance.

Characters & Entities

• Sthāṇu (Śiva)
• Rudra
• Rudraloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes a direct path to Śiva when performed with bhakti, inner peace, and self-mastery.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No earthly site is named; the destination praised is Rudraloka (Śiva’s realm).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sthāṇu-dāna—offering charity in devotion to Śiva, supported by sense-restraint.