Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

समागतो महातेजाः शक्रप्रस्थं पुरोत्तमम् । दत्तान्विभीषणेनाथ स्वर्णतालांश्चतुर्दश

Transliteration

samāgato mahātejāḥ śakraprasthaṃ purottamam | dattānvibhīṣaṇenātha svarṇatālāṃścaturdaśa

Translation

ஒளிமிகு அவர் சக்ரப்ரஸ்தம் எனும் சிறந்த நகரை அடைந்தார்; விபீஷணன் அளித்த பதினான்கு பொன் தாளங்கள் (த்வஜத் தூண்கள்) கொண்டு வந்தார்.

Word by Word

• samāgataḥ: arrived
• samāgataḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√gam (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘having come/arrived’

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन विशेषणम् (as compound member ‘great’)

• tejāḥ: the very radiant one
• tejāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः mahā-tejāḥ (कर्मधारयः) ‘greatly radiant/very powerful’

• śakraprastham: Śakraprastha
• śakraprastham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śakra (प्रातिपदिक) + prastha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; स्थाननाम; तत्पुरुषसमासः

• purottamam: the best city
• purottamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pura (प्रातिपदिक) + uttama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयसमासः ‘best city’ (śakraprasthaṃ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• dattān: given
• dattān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘given’; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन (svarṇatālān इत्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• vibhīṣaṇena: by Vibhīṣaṇa
• vibhīṣaṇena: Kartr-karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vibhīṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/कर्तृ-निर्देश (agent/instrumental)

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक/प्रस्तावक (then/now)

• svarṇa: golden
• svarṇa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: svarṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपदत्वेन (golden)

• tālān: golden tāla(-trees/columns)
• tālān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; समासः svarṇa-tālān (कर्मधारयः) ‘golden palm-trees/columns’

• caturdaśa: fourteen
• caturdaśa: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: caturdaśa (प्रातिपदिक/संख्या)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; संख्या; द्विगुसमासः (catur + daśa) ‘fourteen’; tālān इत्यस्य संख्याविशेषणम्

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta-style narration) (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant hero arrives bearing fourteen golden palm-tree standards—tall, gleaming emblems carried upright, catching sunlight; courtiers gaze in wonder at the Rākṣasa-king’s gift.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhīṣaṇa
• Śakraprastha (Indraprastha)
• Svarṇa-tāla (golden palm-trees/standards)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Gifts and tribute, when offered in a dharmic chain of giving, become instruments for sacred works and social order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is directly praised in this verse; it continues the Setukhaṇḍa narrative while naming Śakraprastha as the gathering point.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; it records special donated items intended for the larger sacrificial enterprise.