Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

दत्त्वा दानान्यनेकानि शासनानि बहूनि च । अन्यच्च प्रददौ पश्चात्स तेषां तुष्टिदायकम्

Transliteration

dattvā dānānyanekāni śāsanāni bahūni ca | anyacca pradadau paścātsa teṣāṃ tuṣṭidāyakam

Translation

ครั้นถวายทานนานาประการ และมอบพระราชสารกับสิทธิ์อุปถัมภ์เป็นอันมากแล้ว เขายังถวายเครื่องบูชาอื่น ๆ อีกภายหลัง อันเป็นเหตุให้ท่านเหล่านั้นยินดีอิ่มเอม

Word by Word

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having given’

• दानानि: gifts; donations
• दानानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकानि: many
• अनेकानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (दानानि)

• शासनानि: edicts; grants; charters
• शासनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शासन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• बहूनि: many; numerous
• बहूनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (शासनानि)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक)

• अन्यत्: something else
• अन्यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘something else’

• च: and; also
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/also)

• प्रददौ: gave; bestowed
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम; उपसर्गः ‘प्र-’

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक; ‘afterwards’)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: for them; of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• तुष्टिदायकम्: satisfaction-giving; pleasing
• तुष्टिदायकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तुष्टि + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्यत्); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘तुष्टेः दायकः’ = giver of satisfaction)

Speaker

Purāṇic narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cakrapāṇi-prāsāda-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After consecration, the patron distributes gifts: cows, gold, cloth, grain; scribes record śāsanas; brāhmaṇas bless him; the temple stands behind as a symbol of enduring worship.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Śāsana (grant/endowment)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and worship are completed by generosity—supporting priests and institutions sustains dharma in a kṣetra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Nāgarakhaṇḍa kṣetra where the prāsāda and its consecration occur; gifts and grants are made to uphold its ritual life.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charitable giving) and śāsana (formal endowments/grants), typically to support consecration rites and ongoing worship.