Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

ददाम्यहं निवर्तस्व शीघ्रमेव द्विजोत्तम । इत्युक्त्वानर्घ्यरत्नानि तस्मै दत्त्वा स तक्षकः

Transliteration

dadāmyahaṃ nivartasva śīghrameva dvijottama | ityuktvānarghyaratnāni tasmai dattvā sa takṣakaḥ

Translation

“เราจะให้ จงหันกลับโดยเร็วเถิด โอ้ทวิชผู้ประเสริฐ” ครั้นกล่าวแล้ว ทักษกะได้มอบรัตนะล้ำค่าแก่เขา

Word by Word

• dadāmi: I give
• dadāmi: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु √दा, दाने)
• Form: लट् (Present); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष (1st); एकवचन

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• nivartasva: return (go back)
• nivartasva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vṛt (धातु √वृत्, वर्तने; नि-उपसर्ग; आत्मनेपद)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative); आत्मनेपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd); एकवचन

• śīghram: quickly
• śīghram: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śīghra (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: अव्ययवत् क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/just)

• dvijottama: O best of twice-born
• dvijottama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija-uttama (प्रातिपदिक; dvija + uttama)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (Vocative); एकवचन

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; इति-शब्दः (quotative)

• uktvā: having said
• uktvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु √वच्, वचने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having said)

• anarghyaratnāni: priceless gems
• anarghyaratnāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: an-arghya-ratna (प्रातिपदिक; anarghya + ratna)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; कर्म

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th/Dative); एकवचन

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु √दा, दाने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having given)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• takṣakaḥ: Takṣaka
• takṣakaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: takṣaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

Speaker

Takṣaka

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setukṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Sages/pilgrims

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka places a heap of radiant jewels before Kāśyapa, urging immediate return; Kāśyapa’s hand hovers—hesitant—while the sea breeze stirs his garments; the revived tree glows in the background.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Kāśyapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Material splendor, even when ‘priceless,’ is shown as transient and ethically charged when used to obstruct rightful action.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is directly praised in this verse; it continues the Parīkṣit–Takṣaka narrative within Setu-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The act of giving (dāna) is present, but depicted as inducement rather than a dharmic prescription.