Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 2

Devanagari script

दधिस्कन्दे नरः स्नात्वा यस्तु दद्याद्द्विजे दधि । उपतिष्ठेत्ततस्तस्य सप्तजन्मनि भारत

Transliteration

dadhiskande naraḥ snātvā yastu dadyāddvije dadhi | upatiṣṭhettatastasya saptajanmani bhārata

Translation

دَدھیسکند تیرتھ میں جو شخص غسل کرکے کسی دِوِج (برہمن) کو دہی دان کرے، اے بھارت! اس کے لیے سات جنموں تک برکت اور سعادت کی سرپرستی رہتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• dadhiskande: in Dadhiskanda (the Dadhiskanda section/place)
• dadhiskande: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + skanda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दध्नः स्कन्दः) — Locative singular masculine

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular masculine

• snātvā: having bathed
• snātvā: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial to main action/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: snā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), धातु: स्ना — having bathed

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Relative pronoun nominative singular masculine

• tu: indeed/and
• tu: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle) — emphatic/contrastive

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद — should give

• dvije: to a Brahmin (twice-born)
• dvije: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन — Dative singular masculine

• dadhi: curd/yogurt
• dadhi: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dadhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular neuter

• upatiṣṭhet: should attend (him)/serve
• upatiṣṭhet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√sthā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — should attend/serve/stand by

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) — from that/thereafter

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him)

• sapta-janmani: in (his) seven births
• sapta-janmani: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (सप्त जनमानि यस्मिन्) — Locative singular neuter

• bhārata: O Bhārata
• bhārata: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhārata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — Vocative singular masculine

Speaker

Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya (continued context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dadhiskanda

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed as ‘O Bhārata’)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a calm riverbank tīrtha labeled Dadhiskanda, completing snāna and offering a pot of curd to a seated brāhmaṇa under a tree-shade pavilion; attendants hold kamaṇḍalu and darbha; the Revā flows luminous behind.

Characters & Entities

• Dadhiskanda
• Dvija (Brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma links tīrtha-snāna with compassionate giving: purification is completed by dāna, yielding long-lasting auspicious results.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dadhiskanda tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bathe at Dadhiskanda and donate curd (dadhi) to a dvija/brāhmaṇa.