Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तस्माद्गृह्णंतु तापस्यो मया दत्तानि वांछया । भूषणानि विचित्राणि प्रसादः क्रियतां मम

Transliteration

tasmādgṛhṇaṃtu tāpasyo mayā dattāni vāṃchayā | bhūṣaṇāni vicitrāṇi prasādaḥ kriyatāṃ mama

Translation

“Vì vậy, ôi các bậc nữ tu khổ hạnh, xin nhận lấy những món trang sức kỳ diệu này do thiếp dâng bằng lòng chí thành; xin ban ân—lấy sự chấp nhận của quý vị làm phúc lành cho thiếp.”

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Ablative nuance)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात् इति अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोग; अपादानार्थे (ablatival adverb) — ‘therefore/from that’

• gṛhṇantu: let them accept
• gṛhṇantu: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √grah (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• tāpasyaḥ: the female ascetics
• tāpasyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāpasī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dattāni: given
• dattāni: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: datta (कृदन्त; √dā/दा)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूषणानि’ इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषण

• vāñchayā: with desire
• vāñchayā: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāñchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; हेतौ/प्रयोजने — ‘out of desire’

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• vicitrāṇi: variegated/wondrous
• vicitrāṇi: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vicitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘भूषणानि’ इति विशेषण

• prasādaḥ: favor/grace
• prasādaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kriyatām: may be shown/done
• kriyatām: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive imperative) — ‘let (it) be done’

• mama: to me/of me
• mama: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; speaker not explicit in this snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Damayantī extends ornate, varied ornaments toward the tapasvinīs, her face earnest, asking them to accept and thereby bless her.

Characters & Entities

• tāpasyaḥ (ascetic women)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In Purāṇic dharma, the receiver’s acceptance of a gift is itself ‘prasāda’ that completes the merit of dāna.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader passage is within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse does not name a particular tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Charitable giving (dāna) of ornaments and the respectful request for the recipients’ blessing/acceptance (prasāda).