Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 87

Devanagari script

सम्प्राप्ता विद्धि तत्सर्वं दातुमर्होऽथ सुव्रत

Transliteration

samprāptā viddhi tatsarvaṃ dātumarho'tha suvrata

Translation

جان لو کہ ہم اسی مقصد کے لیے پوری طرح حاضر ہوئے ہیں؛ پس اے نیک عہد والے، تم اس سب کو عطا کرنے کے لائق ہو۔

Word by Word

• सम्प्राप्ताः: have arrived
• सम्प्राप्ताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past participle), पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्

• विद्धि: know/understand
• विद्धि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, परस्मैपदम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• सर्वम्: all/entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• दातुम्: to give
• दातुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (Infinitive), ‘to give’

• अर्हः: worthy/fit
• अर्हः: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate adjective/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: arha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• अथ: now/then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम् (Particle; ‘now/then’)

• सुव्रत: O one of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/प्रातिपदिक) + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयः (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्य), पुंलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

Speaker

Devas (continuing their request), as narrated in Sūta’s frame

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied audience

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, now unified and confident, declare their full arrival for the purpose; they gesture respectfully toward Dadhīci, acknowledging his noble vows and capacity to grant their request.

Characters & Entities

• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A life of vows and purity makes one ‘worthy to give’—true giving (dāna) is grounded in discipline and dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kedāra Khaṇḍa’s sacred landscape forms the backdrop; the verse itself is a dialogue rather than a direct tīrtha-phala statement.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit dāna/boon-granting (dātum) is referenced, without a specific rite.