Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 68

Devanagari script

गजानश्वान्रथान्रौक्माञ्छत्र यानपरिच्छदान् । दासान्दासीरनेकाश्च ददुः शिवकृपार्थिनः

Transliteration

gajānaśvānrathānraukmāñchatra yānaparicchadān | dāsāndāsīranekāśca daduḥ śivakṛpārthinaḥ

Translation

为求湿婆（Śiva）的慈恩，他们行布施：施舍大象、骏马、金制战车、华盖、车乘及其配具，并连同许多男仆女婢一并奉献。

Word by Word

• गजान्: elephants
• गजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• अश्वान्: horses
• अश्वान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रथान्: chariots
• रथान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रथ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• रौक्मान्: golden
• रौक्मान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रौक्म (प्रातिपदिक; रुक्म=gold)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (रथान् इत्यादीन् विशेषयति)

• छत्र: umbrella(s)
• छत्र: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (पाठभेदे बहुवचनार्थेऽपि)

• यानपरिच्छदान्: vehicle-gear/equipment
• यानपरिच्छदान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यान + परिच्छद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यानस्य परिच्छदाः)

• दासान्: male servants
• दासान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दासीर्: female servants
• दासीर्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दासी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• अनेकाः: many
• अनेकाः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनेक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (दासीर् इत्यस्य)

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

• ददुः: gave
• ददुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• शिवकृपार्थिनः: seekers of Śiva’s grace
• शिवकृपार्थिनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + कृपा + अर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य कृपायाः अर्थिनः)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; speaker not explicit in snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A royal charity pavilion: elephants and horses led forward, a gold chariot gleaming, umbrellas and conveyances arranged; donors with folded hands invoking Śiva’s grace; attendants and servants in orderly rows.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional charity offered with the intention of pleasing Śiva is presented as a powerful means to gain divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Maṇḍavā-saras/Pradoṣa context in the chapter, though the verse itself focuses on dāna rather than naming the tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna—giving valuable gifts (vehicles, royal items, and attendants) as an act of devotion to seek Śiva’s favor.