Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

दत्तानि विप्रमुख्येभ्यो दत्ता ग्रामाः सुशोभनाः । पुनः संकल्पिता वीर षट्पंचाशकसंख्यया

Transliteration

dattāni vipramukhyebhyo dattā grāmāḥ suśobhanāḥ | punaḥ saṃkalpitā vīra ṣaṭpaṃcāśakasaṃkhyayā

Translation

ଏହି ଦାନଗୁଡ଼ିକ ପ୍ରମୁଖ ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦିଆଗଲା; ସୁଶୋଭିତ ଗ୍ରାମମାନେ ଅର୍ପିତ ହେଲେ। ପୁନଃ, ହେ ବୀର, ଛପନ ସଂଖ୍ୟାରେ ଆଉ ଦାନର ସଙ୍କଳ୍ପ ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• dattāni: given
• dattāni: Karmaṇi-bhāva (Predicate participle/कर्मणि भावः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृत (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• vipramukhyebhyaḥ: from/to the foremost brāhmaṇas
• vipramukhyebhyaḥ: Apādāna (Source/Recipient-from/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra + mukhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (विप्रेषु मुख्याः)

• dattāḥ: were given
• dattāḥ: Karmaṇi-bhāva (Predicate participle/कर्मणि भावः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• grāmāḥ: villages
• grāmāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• suśobhanāḥ: very beautiful
• suśobhanāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘ग्रामाः’ इति विशेषणम्

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (again)

• saṃkalpitāḥ: were arranged/decided
• saṃkalpitāḥ: Karmaṇi-bhāva (Predicate participle/कर्मणि भावः)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam√klṛp (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• vīra: O hero
• vīra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• ṣaṭpaṃcāśaka-saṃkhyayā: by the number of fifty-six
• ṣaṭpaṃcāśaka-saṃkhyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṭ + pañcāśat + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (षट्पञ्चाशकस्य संख्या)

Speaker

Narrator (specific speaker not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A formal donation court: foremost brāhmaṇas seated on kuśa mats; the donor announces a renewed resolve to grant fifty-six more endowments; scribes tally numbers; villages symbolized by miniature maps/fields and sheaves of grain.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna grounded in saṅkalpa (solemn resolve) and offered to worthy recipients is upheld as purāṇic dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No new tīrtha is specified in this verse; it continues the merit-narrative within Dharmāraṇya’s setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable gifting—especially grāma-dāna—to eminent brāhmaṇas, undertaken with saṅkalpa.