Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

महीं गां कांचनं लोहं तिलान्कार्पासमेव च । लवणं सप्तधान्यं च दत्त्वा याति सुखं नरः

Transliteration

mahīṃ gāṃ kāṃcanaṃ lohaṃ tilānkārpāsameva ca | lavaṇaṃ saptadhānyaṃ ca dattvā yāti sukhaṃ naraḥ

Translation

جو شخص زمین، گائے، سونا، لوہا، تل، کپاس، نمک اور سات قسم کے اناج دان کرتا ہے، وہ سعادت و راحت کی حالت کو پہنچتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• mahīm: land/earth (as a gift)
• mahīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• gām: a cow
• gām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: go (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• kāñcanam: gold
• kāñcanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāñcana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• loham: metal/iron
• loham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• tilān: sesame seeds
• tilān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचनम्

• kārpāsam: cotton
• kārpāsam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārpāsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• eva: indeed/just
• eva: Sambandha/Avyaya (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; निश्चय/एवकारः (emphatic particle)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयबोधकः (conjunction)

• lavaṇam: salt
• lavaṇam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्

• sapta-dhānyam: seven kinds of grain
• sapta-dhānyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dhānya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचनम्; द्विगुसमासः: सप्त धान्यानि (seven kinds of grain)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Avyaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयबोधकः

• dattvā: having given
• dattvā: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभावः; अर्थः: 'दत्त्वा' = having given

• yāti: goes
• yāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yā (धाातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• sukham: happily/comfortably
• sukham: Sambandha/Avyaya (Modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण (adverbial accusative)

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor ceremonially offers a deed of land, a garlanded cow, gold and iron vessels, sesame in a bowl, cotton cloth, salt, and seven grains arranged in ritual heaps; priests bless the act.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generous dāna supports one’s auspicious passage and wellbeing after death, yielding a ‘happy state’ as a fruit of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches general purāṇic dharma connected to merit and the afterlife.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of land, cow, gold, iron, sesame, cotton, salt, and seven grains as meritorious gifts.