Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 58

Devanagari script

भूमिदानं करिष्यामि कलापग्रामवासिनाम् । ब्राह्मणानामहं चैषां तदिदं क्रियतां विभो

Transliteration

bhūmidānaṃ kariṣyāmi kalāpagrāmavāsinām | brāhmaṇānāmahaṃ caiṣāṃ tadidaṃ kriyatāṃ vibho

Translation

കലാപഗ്രാമത്തിൽ വസിക്കുന്ന ഈ ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കായി ഞാൻ ഭൂമിദാനം ചെയ്യും. അതിനാൽ, ഹേ വിഭോ, ഈ കാര്യം നടപ്പാക്കപ്പെടട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• भूमिदानम्: gift of land
• भूमिदानम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमि + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भूमेः दानम्)

• करिष्यामि: I will do/perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कलापग्रामवासिनाम्: of the residents of Kalāpa-grāma
• कलापग्रामवासिनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलापग्राम + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष (कलापग्रामे वसन्ति)

• ब्राह्मणानाम्: of the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

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

• एषाम्: of these
• एषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma/Pratipādya (that matter)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma/Pratipādya (this act)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• क्रियताम्: let it be done
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Request/command)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive)

• विभो: O mighty one
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (context speaker within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narration; likely a royal/householder addressing a sage or revered figure)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalāpa-grāma

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada (addressed as विभो)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapila declares intent to gift land to the brāhmaṇas of Kalāpa-grāma; imagery can show a symbolic भूमि-दान ritual: water-pot pouring, copper plate grant, witnesses seated.

Characters & Entities

• Kalāpa-grāma
• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened through tangible charity—especially bhūmidāna—offered with resolve for the welfare of worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No major pan-Indian tīrtha is named in this verse; the local place-name Kalāpa-grāma is mentioned as the community context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhūmidāna—donating land to Brāhmaṇas—is stated as the intended dharmic act.