Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31

Devanagari script

एवं ते सर्वमाख्यातं पृथिवीदानमुत्तमम् । शृणुयात्पार्थिवो भावी दाता जन्मनिजन्मनि

Transliteration

evaṃ te sarvamākhyātaṃ pṛthivīdānamuttamam | śṛṇuyātpārthivo bhāvī dātā janmanijanmani

Translation

ဤသို့ဖြင့် အမြင့်မြတ်ဆုံး “မြေဓာတ်အလှူ” ကို သင်အား အပြည့်အစုံ ရှင်းလင်းပြောကြားပြီးပြီ။ အနာဂတ်ဘုရင်တစ်ပါးက ဤကို နားထောင်လျှင် မွေးဖွားသမျှ မွေးဖွားတိုင်း အလှူရှင် ဖြစ်လာမည်။

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradāna (Recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान) एकवचन वा षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध) एकवचन; प्रसङ्गे चतुर्थी—“to you”

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—आख्यातम्

• ākhyātam: has been explained
• ākhyātam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√khyā (ख्या) + क्त (क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — “has been told/explained”

• pṛthivī-dānam: the gift of land
• pṛthivī-dānam: Karta/Viṣaya (Topic as subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—“पृथिव्याः दानम्” (gift of land)

• uttamam: excellent
• uttamam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—पृथिवीदानम्

• śṛṇuyāt: should hear
• śṛṇuyāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √śru (श्रु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “should hear”

• pārthivaḥ: a king
• pārthivaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhāvī: future (king)
• bhāvī: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhāvin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण—पार्थिवः (future/one who will be)

• dātā: a donor
• dātā: Karta (Apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृवाचक (agent noun: giver/donor)

• janmani-janmani: in every birth
• janmani-janmani: Kāla (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; सप्तमी-अर्थे अव्यय (adverbial: “in birth after birth”)

Speaker

Unknown (didactic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king) / future kings as audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage or priest completes an exposition of the 'gift of Earth' while a future king listens attentively; the setting suggests a sacred assembly where teaching itself is a rite.

Characters & Entities

• Pārthiva (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even hearing dharmic instruction shapes character—śravaṇa (listening) plants the tendency toward generosity across lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the focus is on the merit of the teaching itself within the tīrtha-mahātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The emphasis is on śravaṇa (attentive listening) to the full procedure and praise of pṛthivīdāna.