Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

यो राजा पृथिवीं दद्याद्विधिनानेन पार्थिव । राज्यभ्रंशो न वंशेऽपि तस्य संजायते क्वचित्

Transliteration

yo rājā pṛthivīṃ dadyādvidhinānena pārthiva | rājyabhraṃśo na vaṃśe'pi tasya saṃjāyate kvacit

Translation

اے بادشاہ! جو حکمران اس مقررہ ودھی کے مطابق زمین کا دان کرتا ہے، اس کی نسل میں بھی کبھی سلطنت کا زوال نہیں آتا۔

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun: “who”)

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (Subject, apposition to yaḥ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pṛthivīm: the earth/land
• pṛthivīm: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pṛthivī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• dadyāt: should give
• dadyāt: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √dā (दा)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद — “should give”

• vidhinā: by the proper rite
• vidhinā: Karaṇa (Instrument/Method)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन

• anena: by this
• anena: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषण—विधिना (by this)

• pārthiva: O king
• pārthiva: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pārthiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• rājya-bhraṃśaḥ: loss of kingdom
• rājya-bhraṃśaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + bhraṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—“राज्यस्य भ्रंशः” (loss of kingdom)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• vaṃśe: in the lineage
• vaṃśe: Adhikaraṇa (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaṃśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी, एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha/Avadhāraṇa (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (particle: “even/also”)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• saṃjāyate: arises
• saṃjāyate: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√jan (जन्)
• Form: लट् (present indicative); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद — “arises/occurs”

• kvacit: ever
• kvacit: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kvacit (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/कालानिर्देश (indefinite adverb: “ever/anywhere/at any time”)

Speaker

Unknown (didactic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthiva (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king performs a formal land-gift rite: a symbolic earth-clod or golden model of land is offered to a brāhmaṇa amid fire-altar and witnesses; the scene conveys royal stability and solemn resolve.

Characters & Entities

• Pṛthivī
• Rājā
• Vaṃśa (lineage)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteous generosity safeguards worldly order; a king’s dharmic charity is portrayed as a spiritual cause of political stability.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named site appears; the verse praises the fruit (phala) of the earth-gift rite within the tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pṛthivīdāna strictly “according to this vidhi” to obtain the stated protective merit.