Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

ददौ दानानि विप्रेभ्यो नानारूपाणि शक्तितः । दीनांधकृपणेभ्यश्च तथैवान्येभ्य एव च

Transliteration

dadau dānāni viprebhyo nānārūpāṇi śaktitaḥ | dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇebhyaśca tathaivānyebhya eva ca

Translation

त्याने आपल्या शक्तीनुसार ब्राह्मणांना नानाविध दाने दिली; तसेच दीन, अंध, कृपण आणि इतरांनाही दान केले।

Word by Word

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपदम्

• दानानि: gifts, donations
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• विप्रेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• विप्रेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• नानारूपाणि: of various forms
• नानारूपाणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (adjective) दानानि इति विशेष्यस्य

• शक्तितः: according to (his) capacity
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): 'according to ability'

• दीनांधकृपणेभ्यः: to the poor, the blind, and the wretched
• दीनांधकृपणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीन (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural); समाहार-द्वन्द्व (collective copulative)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• एव: indeed, just
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• अन्येभ्यः: to others
• अन्येभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative/4th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एव: also/indeed
• एव: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (implied Purāṇic narration; likely Sūta continuing the account)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Yogīśvara-tīrtha (saṅgama)

Type: sangam

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvija-sattama (addressed brāhmaṇa interlocutor)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After worship, Sāmba distributes gifts: to brāhmaṇas with ritual respect, and to the poor, blind, and destitute with compassion; a riverside charity scene near the confluence shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas (vipra)
• the poor and afflicted (dīna-andha-kṛpaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-worship is completed by compassion: giving to the worthy and caring for the vulnerable is a core expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ongoing narrative concerns the same tīrtha visited in this adhyāya; the verse highlights dharmic conduct performed there.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving), explicitly “according to one’s capacity” (śaktitaḥ), directed to brāhmaṇas and to the needy.