Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तस्माद्गृह्णंतु तापस्यो मया दत्तानि वांछया । भूषणानि विचित्राणि प्रसादः क्रियतां मम

Transliteration

tasmādgṛhṇaṃtu tāpasyo mayā dattāni vāṃchayā | bhūṣaṇāni vicitrāṇi prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama

Translation

“അതുകൊണ്ട്, ഹേ തപസ്വിനികളേ, എന്റെ ഹൃദയാഭിലാഷത്തോടെ നൽകിയ ഈ വിചിത്ര ആഭരണങ്ങൾ സ്വീകരിക്കൂ; എന്നോട് പ്രസന്നരായി അനുഗ്രഹിക്കൂ।”

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; अपादानार्थे (ablatival adverb) — ‘therefore/from that’

• gṛhṇantu: let them accept
• gṛhṇantu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tāpasyaḥ: the female ascetics
• tāpasyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dattāni: given
• dattāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: datta (कृदन्त; √dā/दा)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूषणानि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• vāñchayā: with desire
• vāñchayā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāñchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रयोजने — ‘out of desire’

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vicitrāṇi: variegated/wondrous
• vicitrāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूषणानि’ इति विशेषण

• prasādaḥ: favor/grace
• prasādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kriyatām: may be shown/done
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative) — ‘let (it) be done’

• mama: to me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Damayantī extends ornate, varied ornaments toward the tapasvinīs, her face earnest, asking them to accept and thereby bless her.

Characters & Entities

• tāpasyaḥ (ascetic women)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, the receiver’s acceptance of a gift is itself ‘prasāda’ that completes the merit of dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable giving (dāna) of ornaments and the respectful request for the recipients’ blessing/acceptance (prasāda).