Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तदा पुत्रशतेनैव बाणमुख्येन सत्वरम् । वसमानो महाबाहुर्दातॄणां च परा गतिः

Transliteration

tadā putraśatenaiva bāṇamukhyena satvaram | vasamāno mahābāhurdātṝṇāṃ ca parā gatiḥ

Translation

تب بाण کی قیادت میں سو بیٹوں سمیت وہ قوی بازو والا فوراً وہیں مقیم ہوا، اور خیرات دینے والوں کے لیے اعلیٰ ترین پناہ گاہ بن گیا۔

Word by Word

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: “then”)

• पुत्रशतेन: by/with a hundred sons
• पुत्रशतेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र-शत (प्रातिपदिक; पुत्र + शत)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (“sons’ hundred” = hundred sons)

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• बाणमुख्येन: with Bāṇa, the chief (one)
• बाणमुख्येन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाण-मुख्य (प्रातिपदिक; बाण + मुख्य)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (“chief among arrows/sons named Bāṇa”)

• सत्वरम्: quickly
• सत्वरम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सत्वरम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: quickly/hastily)

• वसमानः: dwelling/remaining
• वसमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु) + शानच् (कृदन्त)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले कृदन्तः (present participle, शानच्); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• महाबाहुः: the mighty-armed (one)
• महाबाहुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा-बाहु (प्रातिपदिक; महा + बाहु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (“great-armed”)

• दातॄणाम्: of givers/donors
• दातॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• परा: supreme
• परा: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘गतिḥ’)

• गतिः: refuge/goal
• गतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāreśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (standard Naimiṣāraṇya audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali, mighty-armed, seated in a royal yet austere setting, surrounded by a hundred sons led by Bāṇa; donors approach him as a refuge, hands extended in reverence, while the Himalayan sacred aura subtly frames the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Bāṇa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna is exalted: one who embodies generosity becomes a ‘refuge’ and an example for the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly Kedāra-kṣetra’s dharma-teaching is advanced; the verse itself focuses on Bali’s residence and charitable ideal.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is dāna—cultivating the virtue of giving—though no specific rite is detailed.