Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यो ददाति प्रभक्त्या च शिवदीक्षान्विताय च । वस्त्रोपानहकौपीनं स यज्ञैः किं करिष्यति

Transliteration

yo dadāti prabhaktyā ca śivadīkṣānvitāya ca | vastropānahakaupīnaṃ sa yajñaiḥ kiṃ kariṣyati

Translation

Sesiapa yang dengan bhakti mendalam memberi kepada orang yang telah menerima dīkṣā Śiva pakaian, alas kaki dan kain cawat—apakah lagi perlunya baginya mencari pahala melalui korban yajña?

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धाातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• prabhaktyā: with great devotion
• prabhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prabhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• śivadīkṣānvitāya: to one endowed with Śiva-initiation
• śivadīkṣānvitāya: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक) + dīkṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + anvita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण—'anvita' = युक्त (endowed with)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vastra-upānah-kaupīnam: clothing, footwear, and loincloth (as a set)
• vastra-upānah-kaupīnam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra (प्रातिपदिक) + upānah (प्रातिपदिक) + kaupīna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार-द्वन्द्व)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yajñaiḥ: by sacrifices
• yajñaiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन (Plural)

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative)

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Narrator/teacher in the Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder devotee respectfully offers folded cloth, sandals, and a simple loincloth to a Śiva-initiated ascetic with rudrākṣa; a Śiva shrine stands nearby, indicating the gift as worship.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity (dāna) offered to a Śiva-initiated practitioner is exalted as a direct, high-yield dharmic act—comparable to, or surpassing, elaborate yajñas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; this verse focuses on the merit of dāna in a tīrtha-centered narrative rather than a named location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of essentials—clothes, footwear, and kaupīna—to a Śivadīkṣita is recommended as a powerful religious act.