Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

आरामद्रुमदातारः फलपुष्पवता पथा । छायया च सुखं यांति तथा ये च्छत्रदा नराः

Transliteration

ārāmadrumadātāraḥ phalapuṣpavatā pathā | chāyayā ca sukhaṃ yāṃti tathā ye cchatradā narāḥ

Translation

ଯେମାନେ ଉଦ୍ୟାନ ଓ ବୃକ୍ଷ ଦାନ କରନ୍ତି, ସେମାନେ ଫଳ-ପୁଷ୍ପସମୃଦ୍ଧ ପଥରେ ଛାୟାର ସୁଖ ସହ ଯାଆନ୍ତି; ତେଣୁ ଛତ୍ରଦାନ କରିଥିବା ନରମାନେ ମଧ୍ୟ।

Word by Word

• ārāma-druma-dātāraḥ: givers of garden-trees (planters/donors of trees)
• ārāma-druma-dātāraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārāma (प्रातिपदिक) + druma (प्रातिपदिक) + dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समास-श्रृङ्खला (ārāme drumaḥ; drumasya dātāraḥ)

• phala-puṣpa-vatā: with fruits and flowers
• phala-puṣpa-vatā: Karaṇa/Patha-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (phala+puṣpa) + वत्-प्रत्यय; विशेषणम् (pathā)

• pathā: by a path
• pathā: Karaṇa/Patha (Means/route)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• chāyayā: by shade
• chāyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sukham: comfortably, with ease
• sukham: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb): 'likewise'

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• chatra-dāḥ: givers of umbrellas
• chatra-dāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chatra (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (दा धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (दातृ/द) 'giver' with उपपद-समासः (chatraṃ dadāti)

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Karta (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; apposition to ye/chatra-dāḥ

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a sage/audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant path lined with fruiting, flowering trees; travelers move comfortably under cool shade. Donors are shown planting groves and offering umbrellas; the afterlife path mirrors these gifts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate public-benefit gifts (shade, trees, shelter) return as comfort and auspicious support on the soul’s journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha; the verse praises dāna as a universal dharmic act with afterlife benefit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is prescribed implicitly: planting/gifting groves and trees, and giving umbrellas (chatra-dāna).