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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

बाल उवाच । व्यक्तं तैस्तमसा दत्तं दानं पूर्वेषु जन्मसु । रजसा पूजितः शंभुस्तत्प्राप्तं स्वकृतं च तैः

Transliteration

bāla uvāca | vyaktaṃ taistamasā dattaṃ dānaṃ pūrveṣu janmasu | rajasā pūjitaḥ śaṃbhustatprāptaṃ svakṛtaṃ ca taiḥ

Translation

พาละกล่าวว่า: ชัดเจนว่าในชาติก่อนๆ เขาได้ให้ทานแม้อยู่ใต้อำนาจแห่งตมัส; และภายใต้อำนาจแห่งรชัส เขาได้บูชาพระศัมภู ดังนั้นเขาจึงได้รับผลแห่งกรรมที่ตนกระทำเอง

Word by Word
बालःBāla
बालः:
Karta (Speaker)
TypeNoun
Rootबाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा एकवचनम् = Nominative singular (वक्ता)
उवाचsaid
उवाच:
Kriyā (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्
व्यक्तम्clearly; evidently
व्यक्तम्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootव्यक्त (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; अत्र क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative) = ‘clearly’
तैःby them
तैः:
Karta/Karaṇa (Agent/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया बहुवचनम् = Instrumental plural; कर्तृ/करण-सूचकः
तमसाwith tamas (darkness/ignorance)
तमसा:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootतमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया एकवचनम् = Instrumental singular
दत्तम्given
दत्तम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootदा (धातु) + क्त → दत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; दानम्-विशेषणम्
दानम्a gift; charity
दानम्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्
पूर्वेषुin former
पूर्वेषु:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/Time)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी (7th) बहुवचनम् = Locative plural; जन्मसु-विशेषणम्
जन्मसुin births
जन्मसु:
Adhikaraṇa (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी बहुवचनम् = Locative plural
रजसाwith rajas (passion/activity)
रजसा:
Karaṇa (Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootरजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया एकवचनम् = Instrumental singular
पूजितःworshipped
पूजितः:
Karta-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of subject)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूज् (धातु) + क्त → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त); पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा एकवचनम्; शंभोः विशेषणम्
शंभुःŚambhu (Śiva)
शंभुः:
Karta (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootशंभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा एकवचनम् = Nominative singular
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘that’
प्राप्तम्obtained
प्राप्तम्:
Karma-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of object)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + आप् (धातु) + क्त → प्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकृदन्तः (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; तत्-विशेषणम् = ‘obtained’
स्वकृतम्one’s own action
स्वकृतम्:
Karma (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ, क्त)
Formसमासः (तत्पुरुषः): स्वेन कृतम्; नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘one’s own deed’
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
तैःby them
तैः:
Karta (Agent)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्गः, तृतीया बहुवचनम् = Instrumental plural; कर्तृ-सूचकः
Speaker

Bāla

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nandabhadra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bāla explains to Nandabhadra: a split-scene showing past-life acts—charity given with dullness (tamas) and Śiva worship with desire (rajas)—and present-life result: wealth and family joy; above, a subtle karmic ledger motif indicates ‘svakṛta’ fruition.

Characters & Entities
Ś
Śambhu
Ś
Śiva

FAQs

Visible prosperity can be the delayed fruit of past charity and worship, even if previously performed with mixed motives and guṇas.

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies Śambhu (Śiva) worship and dāna as fruit-bearing acts.

Dāna (charity) and pūjā of Śambhu (Śiva), though the verse discusses their karmic results rather than a procedure.

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