Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

ततः कांश्चित्सुकृच्छ्रेण समानीय बृहद्बलः । राज्ञे निवेदयामास एतेभ्यो दीयतामिति

Transliteration

tataḥ kāṃścitsukṛcchreṇa samānīya bṛhadbalaḥ | rājñe nivedayāmāsa etebhyo dīyatāmiti

Translation

பின்னர் ப்ருஹத்பலன் மிகுந்த சிரமத்துடன் சிலரைச் சேர்த்துக் கொண்டு அரசனிடம் அறிவித்தான்— “இது இவர்களுக்கே அளிக்கப்படட்டும்।”

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb): 'then'

• kān-cit: some (persons)
• kān-cit: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; अनिश्चित-प्रयोग (indefinite: 'some')

• su-kṛcchreṇa: with great difficulty
• su-kṛcchreṇa: Karana (Manner/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: su + kṛcchra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (सुकृच्छ्रेण = सुकृच्छ्रेण 'with great difficulty'); तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग

• samānīya: having gathered/led (them)
• samānīya: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-nī (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): 'having brought/assembled'

• bṛhadbalaḥ: Bṛhadbala (the strong one)
• bṛhadbalaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bṛhadbala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (बृहद् बलं यस्य/बृहद्बलः as name/epithet); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• rājñe: to the king
• rājñe: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन

• nivedayāmāsa: informed, reported
• nivedayāmāsa: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-vid (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage: 'reported/informed'

• etebhyaḥ: to these (people)
• etebhyaḥ: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), बहुवचन

• dīyatām: let (it) be given
• dīyatām: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive): 'let it be given'

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-निपात (quotative particle)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya dialogue)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhadbala, a strong minister/hero, brings a selected group before the king, gesturing that the grant be made to them; the court and attendants witness the recommendation.

Characters & Entities

• Bṛhadbala
• rājā (king)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Assisting worthy seekers and facilitating righteous grants is part of rāja-dharma and supports dharma in sacred landscapes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage is embedded in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, in the narrative current that culminates around Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A practical dharmic act is indicated: recommending and arranging a grant (dāna) for designated recipients.