Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

यच्छामो यदि ते विप्र यज्ञांशं मानुषस्य भोः । अप्रामाण्यं श्रुतेर्भावि तव दत्तेन तेन च

Transliteration

yacchāmo yadi te vipra yajñāṃśaṃ mānuṣasya bhoḥ | aprāmāṇyaṃ śruterbhāvi tava dattena tena ca

Translation

ହେ ବିପ୍ର! ଯଦି ଆମେ ତୁମକୁ ମାନବର ଯଜ୍ଞାଂଶ ଦେଉ, ତେବେ ତୁମ ଦାନର କାରଣରୁ ଶ୍ରୁତିର ପ୍ରାମାଣ୍ୟ ଅବମାନିତ ହେବ।

Word by Word

• yacchāmaḥ: we give / we grant
• yacchāmaḥ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural); धातोः रूपम्: यच्छ- (प्रसारण/विकरण)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional conjunction)

• te: to you
• te: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन (Singular)

• vipra: O brāhmaṇa
• vipra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• yajñāṃśam: a share of the sacrifice
• yajñāṃśam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yajña + aṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• mānuṣasya: of a human
• mānuṣasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānuṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhoḥ: O!
• bhoḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhoḥ (अव्यय/सम्बोधन-निपात)
• Form: सम्बोधन-निपात (vocative particle)

• aprāmāṇyam: invalidity / loss of authority
• aprāmāṇyam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: a-prāmāṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• śruteḥ: of the Veda (śruti)
• śruteḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śruti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhāvi: will occur / is going to be
• bhāvi: Vidhāyaka/Predicate (विशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: भविष्यत्-कृदन्त (future participle/भावि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• tava: of you / your
• tava: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• dattena: by what is given
• dattena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dattá (√dā, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

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

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual narrator/participants in the dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Vipra (the guest)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas explain that granting a ‘human share’ to a brāhmaṇa in a divine context would undermine śruti’s authority; the scene emphasizes deliberation and cosmic law.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra
• Śruti
• Yajña

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual order must protect śruti-prāmāṇya (the Veda’s authority); even well-meant grants should not disrupt dharmic structure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgara-khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework, emphasizing tīrtha-linked ritual correctness rather than naming a single site in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A caution about assigning a “human share” in yajña—implying ritual shares must align with Vedic rule.