Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

एवमुक्त्वा ततस्तेन दत्तं तालत्रयं द्विजाः । ब्रह्मस्थाने द्विजश्रेष्ठाः कृत्वा पुष्पसमं च तम्

Transliteration

evamuktvā tatastena dattaṃ tālatrayaṃ dvijāḥ | brahmasthāne dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ kṛtvā puṣpasamaṃ ca tam

Translation

ครั้นกล่าวดังนี้แล้ว ดูก่อนทวิชะทั้งหลาย พราหมณ์ได้รับตาละสามมาตราจากเขา และในพรหมสถาน ทวิชะผู้ประเสริฐทั้งหลายได้ทำให้เรื่องนั้น ‘เสมอด้วยปุษปะ’ คือชี้ขาดเข้าข้างปุษปะ

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रकारवाचक)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund): ‘having said’

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Sequence/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अनन्तर/अपादानार्थक: ‘then/thereafter/from that’)

• तेन: by him
• तेन: Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; ‘by him/with that’

• दत्तम्: given
• दत्तम्: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दत्त (कृदन्त; √दा)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘given’ (qualifies तालत्रयम्)

• तालत्रयम्: a group of three tālas
• तालत्रयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताल + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (संख्यापूर्वक): ‘a set of three tāla (palmyra) [trees/units]’

• द्विजाः: Brahmins (twice-born)
• द्विजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• ब्रह्मस्थाने: in the Brahma-place/sanctuary
• ब्रह्मस्थाने: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मस्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ब्रह्मणः स्थानम्

• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: the best of the Brahmins
• द्विजश्रेष्ठाः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुष: द्विजानां श्रेष्ठाः (‘best among the twice-born’)

• कृत्वा: having made
• कृत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया/पूर्वकर्म)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive): ‘having made/done’

• पुष्पसमम्: flower-like/equal to a flower
• पुष्पसमम्: Karma (Object complement/कर्म-पूर्ति)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुष्प + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुष: पुष्पवत् समम् (‘equal to a flower/flower-like’)

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

• तम्: that (thing)
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘that/it’ (refers to तालत्रयम्)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Brahmasthāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside a Brahmasthāna: brāhmaṇas receive three tāla-measures (grain/coins) from a petitioner; they perform a formal act declaring the matter aligned with Puṣpa, with flowers arranged as symbolic assent.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣpa
• Brahmasthāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Religious authority can formalize outcomes through ritual spaces (like Brahmasthāna) and accepted offerings, shaping social-ritual status.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Brahmasthāna (a sanctified precinct) is mentioned; the broader tīrtha locale is implied by the Tīrthamāhātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An offering/settlement is accepted (tālatraya), and a declaration is made in Brahmasthāna affecting ritual standing.