Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एता ददाति यो विप्रा एतेषां च महात्मनाम् । चक्रवर्ती भवेन्नूनमेतदाह पितामहः

Transliteration

etā dadāti yo viprā eteṣāṃ ca mahātmanām | cakravartī bhavennūnametadāha pitāmahaḥ

Translation

Wahai para brāhmaṇa, sesiapa yang memberikan anugerah-anugerah ini kepada para mahātmā tersebut, nescaya dia menjadi cakravartin, pemerintah sejagat; demikianlah Pitāmaha (Brahmā) telah menyatakan.

Word by Word

• etāḥ: these (things)
• etāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बोधनार्थे (used as address/vocative sense)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled ones
• mahātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), बहुवचन (Plural)

• cakravartī: a universal monarch
• cakravartī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra + vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धा॒tu: अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• pitāmahaḥ: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from narrative flow; citation attributed to Brahmā within the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (O brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha) as celestial authority pronounces the fruit of the dānas; brāhmaṇas listen; a donor is shown later crowned as cakravartin, holding a discus-like emblem of universal rule (chakra) in symbolic form.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Rudra forms (implied)
• Cakravartin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed according to śāstric prescription and offered to divine forms yields extraordinary merit and worldly-spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context continues, focusing on dāna in the sacred proximity of the Ekādaśa Rudras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving the enumerated gifts (notably go-dāna types) to the designated divine recipients; the verse states the resulting phala (cakravartin status).