Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

ततो ददौ धनं धान्यं गृहं क्षेत्रं च गोधनम् । तस्मै तुष्टिसमायुक्तो मन्यमानः कृतार्थताम्

Transliteration

tato dadau dhanaṃ dhānyaṃ gṛhaṃ kṣetraṃ ca godhanam | tasmai tuṣṭisamāyukto manyamānaḥ kṛtārthatām

Translation

แล้วเขาก็พอใจ เห็นว่าเรื่องสำเร็จแล้ว จึงมอบทรัพย์สิน ธัญญาหาร เรือน นาไร่ และโคทรัพย์ (ฝูงวัว) แก่ผู้นั้น

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable adverb): क्रम/अनन्तरार्थे (thereafter)

• dadau: gave
• dadau: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• dhanam: wealth
• dhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• dhānyam: grain
• dhānyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• gṛham: house
• gṛham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• kṣetram: field/land
• kṣetram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (conjunction): समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• godhanam: cattle/wealth in cows
• godhanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go + dhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (go-dhana = cows' wealth), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tasmai: to him
• tasmai: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc. pronoun), चतुर्थी (dative/4th), एकवचन

• tuṣṭi-samāyuktaḥ: endowed with satisfaction
• tuṣṭi-samāyuktaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tuṣṭi + samāyukta (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-आ-युज् क्त)
• Form: तृतीया-तत्पुरुष/सह-भावार्थ (tuṣṭyā samāyuktaḥ = endowed with satisfaction), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन

• manyamānaḥ: thinking/considering
• manyamānaḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: man (धा॒तु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle), परस्मैपदी; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• kṛtārthatām: fulfilled success (state of being accomplished)
• kṛtārthatām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta + artha + tā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष (kṛtārtha = successful) + ता-प्रत्यय (abstract noun); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (continuing reported story within the chapter)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A patron, visibly satisfied, formally transfers gifts—coins, sacks of grain, deeded land, a house key/scroll, and a cow with calf—to a recipient in a pilgrimage setting.

Characters & Entities

• Dhana
• Dhānya
• Go-dhana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charitable giving and providing stable livelihood are portrayed as dharmic acts that complete social and household responsibilities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named; the verse reinforces dharma through dāna and provisioning.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite; it describes dāna—gifting wealth, grain, land, and cattle as part of social duty.