Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

षड्भागं प्रददौ तस्मै ब्राह्मणाय महात्मने । स्ववित्तस्य गृहस्थस्य कुप्याकुप्यस्य कृत्स्नशः

Transliteration

ṣaḍbhāgaṃ pradadau tasmai brāhmaṇāya mahātmane | svavittasya gṛhasthasya kupyākupyasya kṛtsnaśaḥ

Translation

Sebagai seorang grihastha, dia memberikan kepada Brahmana yang berhati agung itu seperenam daripada hartanya sendiri—segala miliknya, baik yang bergerak mahupun yang tersimpan, seluruhnya.

Word by Word

• षड्भागम्: one-sixth share
• षड्भागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (षड् भागः)

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriyā (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + √दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूप

• ब्राह्मणाय: to the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणाय: Sampradāna (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• महात्मने: to the great-souled one
• महात्मने: Sampradāna (Recipient apposition/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (महान् आत्मा यस्य)

• स्ववित्तस्य: of (his) own wealth
• स्ववित्तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + वित्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (स्वस्य वित्तम्)

• गृहस्थस्य: of the householder
• गृहस्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृहस्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• कुप्य-अकुप्यस्य: of movable and immovable (property)
• कुप्य-अकुप्यस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of wealth/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुप्य + अकुप्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (कुप्यं च अकुप्यं च)

• कृत्स्नशः: entirely, in full
• कृत्स्नशः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Extent/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृत्स्नशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/सम्पूर्णता (adverb: wholly, entirely)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice continued)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Puṣpa, as a householder, offers a sixth share of his wealth—movables and stored goods—to a great-souled brāhmaṇa; depict measured abundance, orderly transfer, and solemn joy.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Gṛhastha (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna (charitable giving), especially to a worthy Brāhmaṇa, is presented as a core expression of gṛhastha-dharma supporting sacred rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The giving is framed within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, where ritual charity amplifies the kṣetra’s spiritual potency.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A ṣaḍbhāga (one-sixth) portion of wealth is given as dāna in connection with the vrata-performance.