Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

एता ददाति यो विप्रा एतेषां च महात्मनाम् । चक्रवर्ती भवेन्नूनमेतदाह पितामहः

Transliteration

etā dadāti yo viprā eteṣāṃ ca mahātmanām | cakravartī bhavennūnametadāha pitāmahaḥ

Translation

اے برہمنو! جو کوئی ان عظیم ہستیوں کو یہ مقررہ دان دیتا ہے، وہ یقیناً چکرورتی (عالمگیر فرمانروا) بن جاتا ہے؛ یہ پِتامہہ (برہما) کا فرمان ہے۔

Word by Word

• etāḥ: these (things)
• etāḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), बहुवचन (Plural)

• dadāti: gives
• dadāti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• viprāḥ: O brāhmaṇas
• viprāḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), बहुवचन (Plural); सम्बोधनार्थे (used as address/vocative sense)

• eteṣām: of these
• eteṣām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masc/Neut), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), बहुवचन (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahātmanām: of the great-souled ones
• mahātmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), बहुवचन (Plural)

• cakravartī: a universal monarch
• cakravartī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra + vartin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

• bhavet: would become
• bhavet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धा॒तु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• nūnam: surely
• nūnam: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: nūnam (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (particle of certainty)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचन (Singular)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धा॒tu: अह्/ब्रू)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• pitāmahaḥ: the Grandfather (Brahmā)
• pitāmahaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitāmaha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative, 1st case), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from narrative flow; citation attributed to Brahmā within the verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: viprāḥ (O brāhmaṇas)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā (Pitāmaha) as celestial authority pronounces the fruit of the dānas; brāhmaṇas listen; a donor is shown later crowned as cakravartin, holding a discus-like emblem of universal rule (chakra) in symbolic form.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Brāhmaṇas
• Rudra forms (implied)
• Cakravartin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed according to śāstric prescription and offered to divine forms yields extraordinary merit and worldly-spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context continues, focusing on dāna in the sacred proximity of the Ekādaśa Rudras.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving the enumerated gifts (notably go-dāna types) to the designated divine recipients; the verse states the resulting phala (cakravartin status).