Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

राजोवाच । तव दास्यामि वस्त्राणि वाहनानि वसूनि च । तस्माद्यच्छाभिषेकं मे मन्त्रेणाऽनेन सांप्रतम्

Transliteration

rājovāca | tava dāsyāmi vastrāṇi vāhanāni vasūni ca | tasmādyacchābhiṣekaṃ me mantreṇā'nena sāṃpratam

Translation

राजा म्हणाला—मी तुम्हाला वस्त्रे, वाहने आणि धनही देईन. म्हणून ह्याच मंत्राने आत्ताच मला अभिषेक द्या.

Word by Word

• राजा: the king
• राजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तव: to you/for you
• तव: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन — ‘to you/your’ (genitive)

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• वस्त्राणि: garments
• वस्त्राणि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• वाहनानि: vehicles
• वाहनानि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• वसूनि: wealth/treasures
• वसूनि: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Sambandha (Causal/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tasmāt (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक; तस्मद्-रूप)
• Form: अव्ययवत् (हेतौ) — ‘therefore’

• यच्छ: give/grant
• यच्छ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग आ- (आयच्छ) लोपे छन्दः/सन्धिः

• अभिषेकम्: consecration/ablution
• अभिषेकम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhiṣeka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मे: to me
• मे: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन (एन्क्लिटिक) — ‘to me’

• मन्त्रेण: with the mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• अनेन: this
• अनेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; मन्त्रेण इति विशेषणभावः

• सांप्रतम्: now, at present
• सांप्रतम्: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sāṃprata (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘now/at present’

Speaker

Rāja (King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yājñavalkya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king urgently offers garments, vehicles, and wealth to the sage, pleading for immediate abhiṣeka; the sage remains composed, embodying non-attachment and dharmic restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Rāja (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Wealth cannot purchase spiritual legitimacy; dharma-based rites depend on right procedure and worthiness, not bargaining.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; the focus is the king’s request within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Abhiṣeka to be performed with a particular mantra; also mentions dāna (gifts) though not endorsed as a means to compel the rite.