Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 113

Devanagari script

विसर्जयामास खगावभिनन्द्य पुनःपुनः । ताभ्यां गताभ्यां सर्वस्वं दत्त्वा विप्रेषु भारत

Transliteration

visarjayāmāsa khagāvabhinandya punaḥpunaḥ | tābhyāṃ gatābhyāṃ sarvasvaṃ dattvā vipreṣu bhārata

Translation

Dia berulang kali memuliakan kedua-dua burung itu lalu melepaskan mereka. Setelah mereka pergi, wahai Bhārata, dia mendermakan segala miliknya kepada para brāhmaṇa.

Word by Word

• विसर्जयामास: he dismissed, sent away
• विसर्जयामास: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• खगौ: the two birds
• खगौ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), द्विवचन (Dual)

• अभिनन्द्य: having praised/greeted
• अभिनन्द्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√नन्द् (धातु) → अभिनन्द्य (ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष)
• Form: ल्यबन्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb), पुनरुक्ति (repetition for emphasis)

• ताभ्याम्: by those two
• ताभ्याम्: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), द्विवचन (Dual)

• गताभ्याम्: having gone, departed
• गताभ्याम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past participle), तृतीया, द्विवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ताभ्याम्)

• सर्वस्वम्: all possessions, everything
• सर्वस्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वस्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया

• विप्रेषु: among/to the brahmins
• विप्रेषु: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भारत: O Bhārata
• भारत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भारत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (addressing 'Bhārata'; speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Cāṇakya bows to two birds, offers respectful gestures, then turns to distribute wealth—piles of cloth, coins, vessels—among seated brāhmaṇas on a riverbank.

Characters & Entities

• Cāṇakya
• Khaga (two birds)
• Brāhmaṇas (Vipras)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Radical generosity—offering one’s wealth for dharma—marks a decisive turning from attachment toward merit and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The act occurs within the Śuklatīrtha-centered narrative of Revākhaṇḍa, where dāna is presented as especially potent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna to vipras (brāhmaṇas) is explicitly performed; the verse depicts sarvasva-dāna (giving away everything).