Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा च दक्षिणां तेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हतः । विसृज्य तान्नमस्कृत्य पितृभ्यामभिनंदिता

Transliteration

dattvā ca dakṣiṇāṃ tebhyo brāhmaṇebhyo yathārhataḥ | visṛjya tānnamaskṛtya pitṛbhyāmabhinaṃditā

Translation

तेभ्यो ब्राह्मणेभ्यो यथार्हतः दक्षिणां दत्त्वा, तान् नमस्कृत्य विसृज्य; पितृभ्यां चाभिनन्दिता आशीर्भिरनुगृहीता।

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: दा (to give)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दक्षिणाम्: gift/fee (dakṣiṇā)
• दक्षिणाम्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्य-प्रयोग), चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradāna (recipient)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (dative), बहुवचन

• यथार्हतः: as appropriate
• यथार्हतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + अर्हत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (adverbial: 'as is proper')

• विसृज्य: having dismissed
• विसृज्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि+सृज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), धातु: वि+सृज् (to dismiss/let go)

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), बहुवचन

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् + कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); धातु: कृ (to do) with उपपद 'नमस्' (to make salutation)

• पितृभ्याम्: by the two fathers/ancestors
• पितृभ्याम्: Kartr̥/Hetu (agent/instrument of praising)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (instrumental), द्विवचन

• अभिनंदिता: praised/commended
• अभिनंदिता: Karma-bhūta (predicate of subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि+नन्द् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अर्थ: 'praised/commended'

Speaker

Sūta (continued narration context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A disciplined woman offers dakṣiṇā to seated brāhmaṇas; parents stand behind, blessing her as she bows and departs.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Ritual purity is completed by generosity and humility—giving appropriately and offering respectful salutations.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the verse glorifies dhārmic conduct within the rite of concluding a vow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving dakṣiṇā to brāhmaṇas according to merit, then respectfully bidding them farewell with namaskāra.