Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

एवं मे भूषणमिदं जातं हस्तगतं पुरा । तव योग्यमिदं ज्ञात्वा तुभ्यं तेन निवेदितम्

Transliteration

evaṃ me bhūṣaṇamidaṃ jātaṃ hastagataṃ purā | tava yogyamidaṃ jñātvā tubhyaṃ tena niveditam

Translation

ดังนี้ เครื่องประดับนี้ได้มาอยู่ในมือข้าพเจ้าตั้งแต่กาลก่อน; ครั้นรู้ว่าเหมาะควรแก่ท่าน เขาจึงน้อมถวายแด่ท่าน

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Discourse (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक) = thus/in this way

• मे: my
• मे: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘my/of me’

• भूषणम्: ornament
• भूषणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Apposition (समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• जातम्: has become
• जातम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: jāta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √jan)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = ‘become/obtained’

• हस्तगतम्: come into (my) hand
• हस्तगतम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hasta (प्रातिपदिक) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (हस्तं गतं = in hand); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूषणम् इति विशेषणम्

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: purā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक) = formerly/earlier

• तव: your
• तव: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; ‘your/of you’

• योग्यम्: fit, suitable
• योग्यम्: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yogya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; इदम् इति विशेषणम्

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (कर्म) ‘इदं (भूषणम्)’

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √jñā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (gerund) = having known/realized

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; ‘to you’

• तेन: by him / thereby
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; अत्र कर्तृ-निर्देशे ‘by him/thereby’ (contextual agent)

• निवेदितम्: was presented
• निवेदितम्: Kriya (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nivedita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √vid + नि + उपसर्ग)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = ‘presented/offered’ (passive sense)

Speaker

Narrator (sage) continuing the account

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The narrator-sage holds or indicates a shining ornament; the devotee (or messenger) has presented it; the scene is intimate and formal, emphasizing ‘worthiness’ and respectful offering rather than opulence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma values gratitude and appropriate gifting—offering what is worthy to a worthy recipient.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly the same tīrtha context; the verse shifts to the narrative consequence (a gift/ornament) arising from the tīrtha episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nivedana/dāna (presentation of a gift) motivated by discernment (yogyatā) and gratitude.