Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 49

Devanagari script

परितुष्टोऽस्म्यहं तात किं कार्यं करवाणि ते । सर्वेषामपि दातॄणां वरिष्ठोऽसि महामते

Transliteration

parituṣṭo'smyahaṃ tāta kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇi te | sarveṣāmapi dātṝṇāṃ variṣṭho'si mahāmate

Translation

ഹേ താത, ഞാൻ പൂർണ്ണമായി പ്രസന്നനാണ്; നിനക്കായി ഞാൻ എന്തു ചെയ്യണം? ഹേ മഹാമതേ, എല്ലാ ദാതാക്കളിലും നീയേ ശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ।

Word by Word

• परितुष्टः: pleased
• परितुष्टः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि-तुष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• अस्मि: I am
• अस्मि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• अहं: I
• अहं: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• तात: O dear one; O son
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• किं: what?
• किं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• कार्यं: task; thing to be done
• कार्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (singular)

• करवाणि: should I do?; may I do
• करवाणि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• ते: for you; to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), एकवचन (singular)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Of all/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine/neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषणम्

• अपि: even; also
• अपि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: also/even)

• दातॄणाम्: of givers; donors
• दातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• वरिष्ठः: the best; greatest
• वरिष्ठः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); अतिशय-विशेषण (superlative)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Copula/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• महामते: O great-minded one
• महामते: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महā + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय ('great' + 'mind/intellect'); पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Bhagavān (Trivikrama/Vāmana—Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (narrative locus)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame-audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord, pleased, addresses Bali affectionately (‘tāta’) and offers a boon, proclaiming him the best among givers—an exaltation of generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Bhagavān
• Bali
• Dātṛ (donor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Selfless giving and integrity in one’s vow invite divine pleasure and blessings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is directly praised in this verse; it is an ethical-theological moment within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is given; the verse extols dāna as a supreme virtue.