Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधसहस्राणां राजसूयशतस्य च । कन्याशतप्रदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति भूमिदः

Transliteration

aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ rājasūyaśatasya ca | kanyāśatapradānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti bhūmidaḥ

Translation

भूमिदात्यास हजार अश्वमेध, शंभर राजसूय आणि शंभर कन्यादान यांइतकेच फळ प्राप्त होते।

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of Aśvamedha sacrifices
• अश्वमेधसहस्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध-सहस्र (अश्वमेध + सहस्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive plural

• राजसूयशतस्य: of a hundred Rājasūya (sacrifices)
• राजसूयशतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय-शत (राजसूय + शत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय; Conjunction (and)

• कन्याशतप्रदानस्य: of the giving of a hundred maidens
• कन्याशतप्रदानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या-शत-प्रदान (कन्या + शत + प्रदान) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive singular

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Accusative singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• भूमिदः: the giver of land
• भूमिदः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिद (भूमि + द) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Brahmā (to Nārada, inferred)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant donor offers a deed and a clod of earth to a worthy brāhmaṇa; above, symbolic visions of a thousand Aśvamedhas and a hundred Rājasūyas appear as luminous sacrificial fires and royal altars, indicating equivalence of merit; attendants carry water-pot, cow, and gifts.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha
• Rājasūya
• kanyā-pradāna (kanyā-dāna)
• bhūmida (land-donor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhū-dāna is exalted as a supreme dharmic act, equated with the highest royal Vedic sacrifices and major charitable gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the act of donation itself within the Dharmāraṇya teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhū-dāna is recommended implicitly, and its merit is compared to Aśvamedha, Rājasūya, and kanyā-dāna.