Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

आरामद्रुमदातारः फलपुष्पवता पथा । छायया च सुखं यांति तथा ये च्छत्रदा नराः

Transliteration

ārāmadrumadātāraḥ phalapuṣpavatā pathā | chāyayā ca sukhaṃ yāṃti tathā ye cchatradā narāḥ

Translation

جو لوگ باغات اور درختوں کا دان کرتے ہیں وہ پھلوں اور پھولوں سے بھرے راستے پر چلتے ہیں اور سایہ میں آسودگی پاتے ہیں؛ اسی طرح چھتری دان کرنے والے مرد بھی۔

Word by Word

• ārāma-druma-dātāraḥ: givers of garden-trees (planters/donors of trees)
• ārāma-druma-dātāraḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ārāma (प्रातिपदिक) + druma (प्रातिपदिक) + dātṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समास-श्रृङ्खला (ārāme drumaḥ; drumasya dātāraḥ)

• phala-puṣpa-vatā: with fruits and flowers
• phala-puṣpa-vatā: Karaṇa/Patha-viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of means)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद (phala+puṣpa) + वत्-प्रत्यय; विशेषणम् (pathā)

• pathā: by a path
• pathā: Karaṇa/Patha (Means/route)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pathin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• chāyayā: by shade
• chāyayā: Karaṇa (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chāyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• sukham: comfortably, with ease
• sukham: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative)

• yānti: go
• yānti: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (या धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Prakāra (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb): 'likewise'

• ye: who
• ye: Karta (Relative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• chatra-dāḥ: givers of umbrellas
• chatra-dāḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: chatra (प्रातिपदिक) + dā (दा धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक (दातृ/द) 'giver' with उपपद-समासः (chatraṃ dadāti)

• narāḥ: men
• narāḥ: Karta (Appositional subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; apposition to ye/chatra-dāḥ

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (deduced for Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: a sage/audience (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant path lined with fruiting, flowering trees; travelers move comfortably under cool shade. Donors are shown planting groves and offering umbrellas; the afterlife path mirrors these gifts.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate public-benefit gifts (shade, trees, shelter) return as comfort and auspicious support on the soul’s journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha; the verse praises dāna as a universal dharmic act with afterlife benefit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna is prescribed implicitly: planting/gifting groves and trees, and giving umbrellas (chatra-dāna).