Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

तावन्मात्रं प्रदास्यामि तेभ्यो हि तव कारणात् । एवमुक्त्वा समागत्य ब्रह्मस्थानं त्वरान्वितः

Transliteration

tāvanmātraṃ pradāsyāmi tebhyo hi tava kāraṇāt | evamuktvā samāgatya brahmasthānaṃ tvarānvitaḥ

Translation

“เพื่อท่าน เราจักให้แก่เขาเพียงเท่านั้นตามที่ว่าไว้” ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว เขารีบรุดมาและไปถึงพรหมสถาน (พรหมสถาณ)

Word by Word

• तावत्: so much
• तावत्: Karma (Object-qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तावत् (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययप्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; परिमाणवाचक ‘so much’ (qualifying मात्रम्)

• मात्रम्: amount only
• मात्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• प्रदास्यामि: I will give
• प्रदास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Future), परस्मैपद, उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निश्चय/कारणार्थक

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कारणात्: because of
• कारणात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे (ablative of cause): ‘because of’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner): ‘thus’

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having said’

• समागत्य: having arrived
• समागत्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+आ+गम् (धातु) → समागत्य (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष (absolutive): ‘having come/arrived’

• ब्रह्मस्थानम्: the Brahma-shrine/place
• ब्रह्मस्थानम्: Karma (Goal/Object of motion/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्म+स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; गन्तव्यकर्म (object of motion)

• त्वरान्वितः: hastened
• त्वरान्वितः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्वरा+अन्वित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; अन्वि+इ (धातु) क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘endowed with haste’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; action following Puṣpa’s speech)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A determined figure hastens along a temple-street toward the central Brahmasthāna—marked by a sacred platform, pillar, or small shrine—while attendants follow with offerings and gifts.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmasthāna
• Puṣpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is enacted promptly: when remedy is known, one should act without delay in sacred space and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmasthāna is highlighted as a sanctified locus within the chapter’s tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A vow-like commitment to give the requested amount (dāna) as part of purification and settlement.