Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

षड्भागं प्रददौ तस्मै ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने । स्ववित्तस्य गृहस्थस्य कुप्याकुप्यस्य कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

ṣaḍbhāgaṃ pradadau tasmai brāhmaṇāya mahātmane | svavittasya gṛhasthasya kupyākupyasya kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

ആ ഗൃഹസ്ഥൻ തന്റെ സമ്പത്തിന്റെ—ചലവും അചലവും ഉൾപ്പെടെ മുഴുവൻ—ആറിലൊരുഭാഗം ആ മഹാത്മ ബ്രാഹ്മണന് ദാനമായി നൽകി.

Word by Word

• षड्भागम्: one-sixth share
• षड्भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (षड् भागः)

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• ब्राह्मणाय: to the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradāna (Recipient apposition/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

• स्ववित्तस्य: of (his) own wealth
• स्ववित्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य वित्तम्)

• गृहस्थस्य: of the householder
• गृहस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कुप्य-अकुप्यस्य: of movable and immovable (property)
• कुप्य-अकुप्यस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of wealth/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुप्य + अकुप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (कुप्यं च अकुप्यं च)

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely, in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Extent/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/सम्पूर्णता (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa, as a householder, offers a sixth share of his wealth—movables and stored goods—to a great-souled brāhmaṇa; depict measured abundance, orderly transfer, and solemn joy.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Gṛhastha (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna (charitable giving), especially to a worthy Brāhmaṇa, is presented as a core expression of gṛhastha-dharma supporting sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The giving is framed within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where ritual charity amplifies the kṣetra’s spiritual potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ṣaḍbhāga (one-sixth) portion of wealth is given as dāna in connection with the vrata-performance.