Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

एतत्पुण्यं प्रशस्यं च सर्वकामप्रदं नृणाम् । तुलापुरुषदानं च सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम्

Transliteration

etatpuṇyaṃ praśasyaṃ ca sarvakāmapradaṃ nṛṇām | tulāpuruṣadānaṃ ca sarvopadravanāśanam

Translation

ทานตุลาปุรุษะนี้เป็นบุญอันประเสริฐและน่าสรรเสริญยิ่ง ให้ผลสมปรารถนาทุกประการแก่ชนทั้งหลาย และทำลายอุปัทวะภัยทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पुण्यम्: merit; holy act
• पुण्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• प्रशस्यम्: praiseworthy
• प्रशस्यम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-शंस् (धातु) + यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: विधेयविशेषण; प्रशस्य (gerundive/यत्-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• सर्वकामप्रदम्: granting all desires
• सर्वकामप्रदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषां कामानां प्रदः); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

• नृणाम्: of men
• नृणाम्: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• तुलापुरुषदानम्: the Tulāpuruṣa donation (weighing-gift)
• तुलापुरुषदानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक) + पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषः (तुलया पुरुषस्य दानम् / तुलापुरुष-सम्बन्धि दानम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

• सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम्: destroyer of all calamities
• सर्वोपद्रवनाशनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उपद्रव (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् उपद्रवानां नाशनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विधेयविशेषण

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Tulāpuruṣa-dāna

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After Tulāpuruṣa-dāna, the donor is shown protected from calamities: storms calm, illness retreats, enemies pacified; a radiant protective mandala surrounds the donor and family.

Characters & Entities

• Tulāpuruṣa-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A major, rule-based act of giving is portrayed as both spiritually elevating and practically protective—granting aims and removing obstacles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within a tīrtha-māhātmya frame, but it does not name the tīrtha directly.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tulāpuruṣa dāna is commended as a comprehensive remedy for adversity and a means to attain desired ends.