Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 41

Devanagari script

ततस्तं सकलं प्राप्य प्रसादं चंडिकोद्भवम् । तच्च हस्त्यादिकं सर्वं ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददौ नृप

Transliteration

tatastaṃ sakalaṃ prāpya prasādaṃ caṃḍikodbhavam | tacca hastyādikaṃ sarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo dadau nṛpa

Translation

അനന്തരം ചണ്ഡികയിൽ നിന്നുദ്ഭവിച്ച സമസ്ത പ്രസാദവും ലഭിച്ച രാജാവ്, ആന മുതലായ എല്ലാ സമ്പത്തും ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു ദാനമായി നൽകി।

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/then’

• tam: that (him/it)
• tam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — सर्वनाम

• sakalam: entire, whole
• sakalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (तम् इत्यस्य)

• prāpya: having obtained
• prāpya: Kriya (Non-finite verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — ‘having obtained/reached’

• prasādam: grace, favor
• prasādam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction

• caṇḍikā-udbhavam: arisen from Caṇḍikā
• caṇḍikā-udbhavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caṇḍikā (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘चण्डिकायाः उद्भवः’ = arising from Caṇḍikā); विशेषण (प्रसादम्)

• tat: that
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — सर्वनाम

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात)

• hasty-ādikam: elephants and the like
• hasty-ādikam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasti (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — तत्पुरुषः (‘हस्ति-आदि’ = elephants etc.)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन — विशेषण (हस्त्यादिकम्)

• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: to the Brahmins
• brāhmaṇebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brāhmaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — परस्मैपद

• nṛpa: O king
• nṛpa: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king, freshly blessed by Caṇḍikā’s grace, formally donates elephants and royal wealth to seated brāhmaṇas near a sacred precinct; attendants bring tusked elephants, gold, and cloth; the atmosphere is solemn and devotional.

Characters & Entities

• Caṇḍikā
• nṛpa (king)
• brāhmaṇa
• dāna (charity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grace is completed by generosity: a righteous king converts divine favor into public merit through dāna to worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a site; it presents the dharmic response (dāna) within the larger Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (gift-giving) to Brahmins is explicitly mentioned—elephants and other wealth are offered as charity.