Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

मद्दत्तं पालयिष्यन्ते ये नृपा गतकल्मषाः । तेभ्यः स्वस्ति करिष्यामि दास्यामि परमां गतिम्

Transliteration

maddattaṃ pālayiṣyante ye nṛpā gatakalmaṣāḥ | tebhyaḥ svasti kariṣyāmi dāsyāmi paramāṃ gatim

Translation

บรรดากษัตริย์ผู้หมดมลทินบาป ซึ่งจะพิทักษ์ทานที่เรามอบไว้ เราจักประทานสิริมงคลแก่เขา และมอบคติอันสูงสุดให้

Word by Word

• मत्-दत्तम्: given by me
• मत्-दत्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम) + दत्त (कृदन्त, √दा धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः (मया दत्तम्)

• पालयिष्यन्ते: they will protect/maintain
• पालयिष्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, आत्मनेपद

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• नृपाः: kings
• नृपाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• गत-कल्मषाः: free from sin (whose sin has gone)
• गत-कल्मषाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गत (कृदन्त, √गम् धातु) + कल्मष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (गतं कल्मषं येषाम्)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन

• स्वस्ति: well-being/auspiciousness
• स्वस्ति: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वस्ति (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, आशीर्वादार्थक (benedictive particle)

• करिष्यामि: I will do/bring about
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• परमाम्: supreme
• परमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘गति’ इति पदस्य विशेषणम्

• गतिम्: state/goal (liberation)
• गतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Kṛṣṇa (Hari/Janārdana) speaking (within the narrative)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A line of future kings symbolically shown protecting the endowed villages—guards at boundaries, officials ensuring fair collection and distribution; above them, Hari bestows blessings; the imagery links governance with spiritual ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Kings (Nṛpas)
• Dāna (grant)
• Paramā gati (highest state)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Rulers serve dharma by preserving sacred endowments; protection of dāna becomes a path to spiritual welfare.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred sphere, where gifts made in a tīrtha context are to be protected by successive rulers.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not a ritual, but a dharmic injunction: kings should maintain and protect established donations.