Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

तथा कृत्वाऽथ रत्नौघैः पूरयित्वा तथा परैः । ददौ तेभ्यो अष्टषष्टिं च ग्रामाणां तदनंतरम्

Transliteration

tathā kṛtvā'tha ratnaughaiḥ pūrayitvā tathā paraiḥ | dadau tebhyo aṣṭaṣaṣṭiṃ ca grāmāṇāṃ tadanaṃtaram

Translation

یوں کرنے کے بعد اس نے جواہرات کے ڈھیر اور دیگر قیمتی اشیا سے ان کے ہاتھ بھر دیے؛ اور فوراً اس کے بعد انہیں چھیاسٹھ گاؤں عطا کیے۔

Word by Word

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत्वा (कृदन्त; धातु √कृ (करणे) + त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक निपात (particle: then/now)

• रत्न: gems
• रत्न: Sambandha (Compound-member relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd) बहुवचन (compound-member; Neuter, Instrumental, Plural)

• ओघैः: with heaps/streams (of gems)
• ओघैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रत्नौघ = रत्नानाम् ओघः) (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• पूरयित्वा: having filled
• पूरयित्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूरयित्वा (कृदन्त; धातु √पॄ/पूर् (पूरणे) णिच् पूरय + त्वा)
• Form: णिजन्त-क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (causative gerund)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

• परैः: by others/with other (things)
• परैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; विशेषण/सर्वनामसदृश (Instrumental Plural; 'by others/with other')

• ददौ: gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दाने)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person singular)

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), बहुवचन (Dative plural pronoun)

• अष्ट: eight
• अष्ट: Visheshana (Numerical qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टन् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक, अव्ययवत् पूर्वपद (numeral member)

• षष्टिम्: sixty
• षष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षष्टि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन (Feminine, Accusative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• ग्रामाणाम्: of villages
• ग्रामाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• तत्: thereupon/then
• तत्: Kriyavisheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावपूर्वपद (indeclinable 'thereupon/that')

• अनन्तरम्: immediately after
• अनन्तरम्: Kriyavisheshana (Temporal adverb/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (तद् + अनन्तरम्) क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial compound)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ruler ceremonially bestows heaps of gems and valuables, followed by the formal grant of sixty-six villages—scribes, witnesses, and Brahmin recipients present in a courtly setting.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic dharma praises royal generosity—wealth becomes sanctified when offered in faith to worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but this particular line emphasizes dāna rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna: gifting jewels/wealth and the formal grant of villages to Brahmin recipients.