Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

स्वदत्ता परदत्ता वा पालनीया वसुंधरा । यस्य यस्य यदा भूमिस्तस्य तस्य तदा फलम्

Transliteration

svadattā paradattā vā pālanīyā vasuṃdharā | yasya yasya yadā bhūmistasya tasya tadā phalam

Translation

زمین خواہ خود عطا کی گئی ہو یا کسی اور کی عطا، وُسُندھرا (زمین) کی حفاظت لازم ہے۔ جس وقت جس کے پاس زمین ہو، اسی وقت اسی کو اس نگہبانی کا پھل ملتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• sva-dattā: given by oneself
• sva-dattā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (स्व प्रातिपदिक) + datta (दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तत्पुरुष (स्वेन दत्ता)

• para-dattā: given by another
• para-dattā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (पर प्रातिपदिक) + datta (दा धातोः क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; समासः तत्पुरुष (परेण दत्ता)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• pālanīyā: to be protected
• pālanīyā: Vidhi (Obligation predicate/कर्तव्यता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāl (पाल् धातु) + anīya (अनीयर् प्रत्यय)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त भाव्य/कर्तव्य (gerundive: to be protected)

• vasuṃdharā: the earth (land)
• vasuṃdharā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vasuṃdharā (वसुंधरा प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom
• yasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• yasya: of whom (each)
• yasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति—प्रत्येकस्य)

• yadā: when
• yadā: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (interrog./relative adverb: when)

• bhūmiḥ: the land
• bhūmiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūmi (भूमि प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन

• tasya: of him (each)
• tasya: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; षष्ठी, एकवचन (पुनरुक्ति—प्रत्येकस्य)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Sambandha (Temporal/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (then)

• phalam: the result / fruit
• phalam: Karta (Predicate nominative/प्रथमा-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (फल प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified (Revākhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Purāṇic framing)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha sphere (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Earth as Vasundharā is shown as a revered entity; successive stewards/holders receive corresponding fruits based on their protection of the land.

Characters & Entities

• Vasundharā (Earth/Bhūmi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma requires safeguarding land grants; karmic results follow the current holder’s stewardship.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Revā-region (Narmadā/Revā) context, emphasizing dharma within the sacred geography of Revākhaṇḍa rather than naming a single tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it states a dharmic principle about protecting land (especially donated land).