Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

एवं दत्त्वा विधानेन ततो विप्रं विसर्जयेत् । एवं कृते ततो राजंस्तस्मै दत्त्वाथ दक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

evaṃ dattvā vidhānena tato vipraṃ visarjayet | evaṃ kṛte tato rājaṃstasmai dattvātha dakṣiṇām

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ദാനം നൽകി, തുടർന്ന് വിപ്രനെ ആദരത്തോടെ വിടവാങ്ങിക്കണം. അത് കഴിഞ്ഞാൽ, ഹേ രാജാവേ, അവനു ദക്ഷിണയും നൽകണം.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒—दाने) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया (prior action)

• विधानेन: by the prescribed procedure
• विधानेन: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd); एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Anukrama (Temporal/sequence modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/क्रमवाचक (then/thereafter)

• विप्रम्: the brāhmaṇa
• विप्रम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

• विसर्जयेत्: should dismiss/send off
• विसर्जयेत्: Kriyā (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: visṛj (वि+सृज्—त्यागे/प्रेषणे) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• कृते: when (this) is done
• कृते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative circumstance/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ—करणे) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त (past passive participle) ‘कृत’; सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th); एकवचन; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (कृते = ‘when it is done’)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kāla/Anukrama (Sequence)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन विभक्ति (Vocative); एकवचन

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति (Dative/4th); एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒—दाने) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वक्रिया

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha/Anukrama (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनुक्रम/समुच्चयार्थक (then/thereupon)

• दक्षिणाम्: the honorarium/donation
• दक्षिणाम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dakṣiṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd); एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The donor offers additional coins/cloth as dakṣiṇā; the brāhmaṇa rises to depart with blessings; attendants hold umbrellas or water-pot; the king watches the proper closure of the rite.

Characters & Entities

• vipra
• rājan
• dakṣiṇā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is completed by proper closure—honoring the recipient with dakṣiṇā and respectful dismissal.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage sits in the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse itself is procedural.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give according to vidhi, then dismiss the brāhmaṇa, and additionally offer dakṣiṇā.