Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

सप्त ग्रामांश्च दास्यामि नो चेद्यास्यसि स्वं गृहम् । इत्युक्त्वा वचनं पार्थ सौराष्ट्रस्वामिनं नृपम्

Transliteration

sapta grāmāṃśca dāsyāmi no cedyāsyasi svaṃ gṛham | ityuktvā vacanaṃ pārtha saurāṣṭrasvāminaṃ nṛpam

Translation

“اور میں سات گاؤں بھی دوں گا؛ ورنہ تمہیں اپنے گھر جانے کی اجازت نہ ہوگی۔” یہ بات کہہ کر، اے پارتھ، سوراشٹر کے مالک اس بادشاہ سے…

Word by Word

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषण, अव्ययवत्/सर्वलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-बहुवचनार्थे

• ग्रामान्: villages
• ग्रामान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: grāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), बहुवचन

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

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• नः: not
• नः: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: naḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: cet (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तबोधक-अव्यय (if)

• यास्यसि: you will go
• यास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• स्वम्: one's own
• स्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

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

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/इत्यादि-बोधक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Sambandha (Prior action/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: uktvā (कृदन्त; √vac वचने)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• वचनम्: words, statement
• वचनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vacana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पार्थ: O Pārtha
• पार्थ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन/प्रथमा (contextual address), एकवचन

• सौराष्ट्रस्वामिनम्: the lord of Saurāṣṭra
• सौराष्ट्रस्वामिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saurāṣṭra (प्रातिपदिक) + svāmin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (सौराष्ट्रस्य स्वामी)

• नृपम्: king
• नृपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta) quoting the king; includes an address to 'Pārtha' within the narration

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Saurāṣṭra (regional kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: ‘Pārtha’ is directly addressed in the verse (a conventional epic-style vocative within Purāṇic narration); frame listeners are the sages.

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king of Saurāṣṭra addresses a brāhmaṇa with a firm ultimatum: accept the task (answer questions) and receive villages; refuse and be detained from returning home. The scene is charged—guards, court officials, and the brāhmaṇa’s composed restraint.

Characters & Entities

• Pārtha
• Saurāṣṭra
• king (nṛpa)
• seven villages (sapta grāmāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse portrays intense royal insistence on obtaining dharma-knowledge, coupled with lavish patronage (and pressure) to secure instruction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; a geographic region—Saurāṣṭra—is mentioned as the king’s domain.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A pledge of granting villages (grāma-dāna) in addition to other gifts, tied to the requested exposition.