Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

कन्यादानं च ये कुर्युर्विधिना तत्र भूपते । ते तिष्ठन्ति ब्रह्मलोके यावदाभूतसंप्लवम्

Transliteration

kanyādānaṃ ca ye kuryurvidhinā tatra bhūpate | te tiṣṭhanti brahmaloke yāvadābhūtasaṃplavam

Translation

Wahai raja, mereka yang di sana melaksanakan kanyādāna menurut widi yang sempurna akan bersemayam di Brahmaloka hingga tiba pralaya, yakni lenyapnya segala makhluk ciptaan.

Word by Word

• कन्यादानम्: gift of a maiden (kanyādāna)
• कन्यादानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या + दान (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कन्यायाः दानम्)

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

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)

• कुर्युः: should do; perform
• कुर्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• विधिना: according to rule
• विधिना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/प्रकारवाचक

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb)

• भूपते: O king
• भूपते: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूपति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तिष्ठन्ति: remain; stay
• तिष्ठन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahma-loka
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म + लोक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (ब्रह्मणः लोकः)

• यावत्: until
• यावत्: Kala-adhikarana (Time limit)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय/सम्बन्ध-शब्द)
• Form: अवधि-निर्देशक (until; as long as)

• आभूतसंप्लवम्: the cosmic dissolution (pralaya)
• आभूतसंप्लवम्: Karma (Extent/limit as object of 'yāvat')
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + भूत + संप्लव (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म) एकवचन; अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: आ-उपसर्गार्थक (आभूत = यावत् भूतम्/सर्वभूतपर्यन्तम्) + संप्लव (प्रलय)

Speaker

Vyāsa (deduced; direct address to the king continues the dialogue frame)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Devakhāta

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred marriage-gift scene at a riverbank tīrtha: the bride’s guardian performs kanyādāna with water-pouring (udaka), priest chanting, with the tīrtha and a Śiva shrine nearby; celestial imagery hints at Brahmaloka.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna performed as dharma, especially at a sanctified tirtha and with correct procedure, is extolled as yielding exalted posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The “there” refers to the Devakhāta-associated sacred locale being praised in Adhyāya 15.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Kanyādāna (marriage-gift of the bride) performed vidhinā—according to śāstric procedure—at the holy place.