Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

प्रददौ ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च वाजिमेधे धरां पुनः । तैश्च निर्वासितस्तत्र जगामोदधिसंनिधौ

Transliteration

pradadau brāhmaṇebhyaśca vājimedhe dharāṃ punaḥ | taiśca nirvāsitastatra jagāmodadhisaṃnidhau

Translation

اور اس نے اشومیدھ یَجْن کے موقع پر زمین پھر برہمنوں کو عطا کی؛ مگر انہوں نے وہیں اسے جلاوطن کر دیا، پس وہ سمندر کے قریب جا پہنچا۔

Word by Word

• प्रददौ: gave
• प्रददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd person singular

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the brāhmaṇas
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), बहुवचन; dative plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction

• वाजिमेधे: in the Aśvamedha
• वाजिमेधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाजिमेध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular

• धराम्: the earth
• धराम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (पुनरावृत्ति); adverb

• तैः: by them
• तैः: Karana (Agent in passive/कर्तृ-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय; conjunction

• निर्वासितः: was banished
• निर्वासितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + वस् (धातु) → निर्वासित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; past passive participle masculine nominative singular

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देश-अव्यय; locative adverb

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्ण), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; perfect 3rd person singular

• उदधिसंनिधौ: near the ocean
• उदधिसंनिधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदधि + संनिधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular

Speaker

Sūta (implied narrative voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Odadhi-sannidhi tīrtha (unnamed coastal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Paraśurāma completes the land-gift to brāhmaṇas; then, with a quiet, wounded composure, he is shown departing—walking toward the vast ocean horizon, waves and seabirds marking the liminal sacred edge.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇas
• Aśvamedha (vājimedha)
• udadhi (ocean)
• Rāma (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Restoring what was unjustly taken is dharma; yet even powerful agents are subject to social-religious boundaries set by the brāhmaṇas.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ocean’s vicinity is mentioned as a destination, suggesting a coastal sacred-geography thread, but no specific tīrtha-name appears in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse references the Aśvamedha-associated land-gift (dāna), but does not prescribe a new rite.