Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 59
Devanagari script
संसदि व्रीडयाऽश्रुत्य आर्थिभ्यः प्रददाति च । प्रतिदीयते च यद्दानं व्रीडादानमिति श्रुतम्
Transliteration
saṃsadi vrīḍayā'śrutya ārthibhyaḥ pradadāti ca | pratidīyate ca yaddānaṃ vrīḍādānamiti śrutam
Translation
在众会之中，因羞惭（惧人讥议）而施与求乞者，且此施又得回报返还者，此类布施被称为“羞施”（vrīḍā-dāna）。
Word by Word
संसदिin an assembly
संसदि:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसंसद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन
व्रीडयाout of shame
व्रीडया:
Karana (Manner/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
अश्रुत्यwithout being asked / without hearing (a request)
अश्रुत्य:
Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootश्रु (धातु) + नञ्-पूर्वक (अ-) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
Formल्यपन्त अव्यय (absolutive); ‘अश्रुत्य’ = न श्रुत्वा (without hearing/without being asked)
आर्थिभ्यःto supplicants/beggars
आर्थिभ्यः:
Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootआर्थिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (4th/Dative), बहुवचन
प्रददातिgives
प्रददाति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-दा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय conjunction)
प्रतिदीयतेis given in return / is given back
प्रतिदीयते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootप्रति-दा (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय conjunction)
यत्which
यत्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक
दानम्gift, giving
दानम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
व्रीडादानम्shame-giving (giving out of embarrassment)
व्रीडादानम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootव्रीडा + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (व्रीडाया दानम्)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (quotative particle)
श्रुतम्is heard/known (as)
श्रुतम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘it is heard/known’
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: In a crowded assembly, a donor reluctantly gives while looking sideways at onlookers; petitioners stand before him; another figure records the gift, hinting at social accounting and expected return.
Characters & Entities
A
Assembly (saṃsad)S
Supplicants (ārthin)FAQs
Giving done from social embarrassment or for reciprocal return is ethically distinct from dharma-driven charity.
None; the verse critiques motive and social context of giving.
No ritual is prescribed; it classifies a type of dāna motivated by shame and reciprocity.