Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

तस्माद्ब्रूत महाभागा युष्मभ्यं किं ददाम्यहम्

Transliteration

tasmādbrūta mahābhāgā yuṣmabhyaṃ kiṃ dadāmyaham

Translation

«Посему, о благородные, скажите: что мне даровать вам?»

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that reason
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तस्मात्-इति तद्धित/प्रयोगः), अर्थे: ‘अतः/तस्मात्’ (ablatival adverb)

• ब्रूत: speak, tell
• ब्रूत: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थे), मध्यमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• महाभागाः: O fortunate ones
• महाभागाः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभाग (प्रातिपदिक: महा + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थे प्रयोगः (vocative sense though form = nom.pl.)

• युष्मभ्यम्: to you (all)
• युष्मभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग्य (सर्वनाम), चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन

• किम्: what?
• किम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; प्रश्नार्थक

• ददामि: I give
• ददामि: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग्य (सर्वनाम), प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

The King (as reported by Bhartṛyajña)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The king addresses the brāhmaṇas with respectful inquiry, hands open in offering gesture, attendants holding potential gifts behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Mahābhāgāḥ (brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A giver should invite and fulfill appropriate requests from the worthy, making generosity an intentional and respectful act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The line functions within a tīrtha-māhātmya storyline but does not specify a named sacred place.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It reflects the dakṣiṇā/dāna step following śrāddha—asking recipients what is fitting to give.