Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

भूमिदानं ततः कुर्यात्तत्तो दद्याद्गवाह्निकम् । आघोषयेच्छिवां शांतिं रुद्रजाप्यं हि कारयेत्

Transliteration

bhūmidānaṃ tataḥ kuryāttatto dadyādgavāhnikam | āghoṣayecchivāṃ śāṃtiṃ rudrajāpyaṃ hi kārayet

Translation

അതിനു ശേഷം ഭൂമിദാനം ചെയ്യണം; തുടർന്ന് ഗോദാനം (നിത്യദാനം/വിധി) നൽകണം. ശിവമയമായ ശാന്തി പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ച്, രുദ്രജപം നടത്തിക്കൊള്ളണം.

Word by Word

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (अनन्तर) — adverb ‘thereafter’

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण — adverb

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• गवाह्निकम्: daily (gift/rite) of cows (gavāhnika)
• गवाह्निकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गो (प्रातिपदिक) + आह्निक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• आघोषयेत्: should proclaim
• आघोषयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√घुष् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• शिवाम्: auspicious
• शिवाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; विशेषण (शान्तिम्) — adjective qualifying ‘peace’

• शान्तिम्: peace
• शान्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Feminine, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• रुद्रजाप्यम्: Rudra-japa (recitation of Rudra)
• रुद्रजाप्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुद्र (प्रातिपदिक) + जाप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (हेतु/अवधारण) — particle ‘indeed/for’

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) [णिच्]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोजक — Optative causative, 3rd person, Singular

Speaker

Kumāreśvara (Skanda/Kārttikeya) (contextual attribution)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Donors ceremonially grant land deeds and cows to priests, while a group chants Rudra-mantras and a herald proclaims ‘Śivā śāntiḥ’ to the gathered community.

Characters & Entities

• Bhūmidāna
• Go-dāna
• Śānti
• Rudra-japa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma joins devotion with generosity and mantra—dāna plus Rudra-japa establishes śānti.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not explicitly named in this verse; it belongs to the Kumāreśvara saṅgama-tīrtha worship sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give land and cows as charity, proclaim śānti, and arrange Rudra mantra recitation (Rudra-japa).