Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

अनया संप्रदत्तानि सर्वासां भूषणानि वै

Transliteration

anayā saṃpradattāni sarvāsāṃ bhūṣaṇāni vai

Translation

Quả thật, chính do nàng mà đồ trang sức của tất cả họ đã bị đem cho đi.

Word by Word

• anayā: by her/with this (woman)
• anayā: Karana (Instrument/Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• saṃpradattāni: were given (away)
• saṃpradattāni: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-pra-√dā (दा) (कृदन्त: क्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) used predicatively; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन: 'have been given over'

• sarvāsām: of all (of them)
• sarvāsām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (of tāpasīnām understood)

• bhūṣaṇāni: ornaments
• bhūṣaṇāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Discourse marker (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis/indeed)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; Sūta as frame-narrator)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage points toward a woman (implied agent) as the source of the distribution of ornaments; the ornaments of many ascetic women are shown gathered or displaced, emphasizing collective impact.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Acts of giving carry responsibility and context; even ‘dāna’ can become contentious if done improperly or against rightful intent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No named tīrtha appears in this shloka; it is a narrative detail within the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Only the fact of ‘giving away’ (saṃpradāna) is stated; no formal rite is prescribed in this line.