Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

अश्वमेधसहस्राणां राजसूयशतस्य च । कन्याशतप्रदानस्य फलं प्राप्नोति भूमिदः

Transliteration

aśvamedhasahasrāṇāṃ rājasūyaśatasya ca | kanyāśatapradānasya phalaṃ prāpnoti bhūmidaḥ

Translation

زمین کا دان دینے والا ہزار اشومیدھ یگیوں، سو راج سوریہ یگیوں، اور سو کنیاؤں کی شادی کے دان کے برابر پھل پاتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• अश्वमेधसहस्राणाम्: of thousands of Aśvamedha sacrifices
• अश्वमेधसहस्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध-सहस्र (अश्वमेध + सहस्र) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive plural

• राजसूयशतस्य: of a hundred Rājasūya (sacrifices)
• राजसूयशतस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजसूय-शत (राजसूय + शत) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय; Conjunction (and)

• कन्याशतप्रदानस्य: of the giving of a hundred maidens
• कन्याशतप्रदानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कन्या-शत-प्रदान (कन्या + शत + प्रदान) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Genitive singular

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Neuter, Accusative singular

• प्राप्नोति: attains
• प्राप्नोति: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; Present indicative, 3rd person singular

• भूमिदः: the giver of land
• भूमिदः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूमिद (भूमि + द) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; Masculine, Nominative singular

Speaker

Brahmā (to Nārada, inferred)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant donor offers a deed and a clod of earth to a worthy brāhmaṇa; above, symbolic visions of a thousand Aśvamedhas and a hundred Rājasūyas appear as luminous sacrificial fires and royal altars, indicating equivalence of merit; attendants carry water-pot, cow, and gifts.

Characters & Entities

• Aśvamedha
• Rājasūya
• kanyā-pradāna (kanyā-dāna)
• bhūmida (land-donor)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhū-dāna is exalted as a supreme dharmic act, equated with the highest royal Vedic sacrifices and major charitable gifts.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the act of donation itself within the Dharmāraṇya teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhū-dāna is recommended implicitly, and its merit is compared to Aśvamedha, Rājasūya, and kanyā-dāna.