Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

इति दानमंत्रः । ततस्तु ब्राह्मणो राजन्मंत्रमेतं समुच्चरेत्

Transliteration

iti dānamaṃtraḥ | tatastu brāhmaṇo rājanmaṃtrametaṃ samuccaret

Translation

“此为施赠之真言。”随后，噢大王，婆罗门当如法高声诵此真言。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative/thus)

• दानमन्त्रः: the donation-mantra
• दानमन्त्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान + मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (दानस्य मन्त्रः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रमवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter)

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-निपात (but/indeed)

• ब्राह्मणः: the Brahmin
• ब्राह्मणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Nominative singular

• राजन्: O king
• राजन्: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Vocative singular

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन — Accusative singular

• एतम्: this
• एतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — Accusative singular; विशेषणम् (मन्त्रम्)

• समुच्चरेत्: should recite
• समुच्चरेत्: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + उत् + चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — should recite/utter; धातुः चर् (to move/utter) उपसर्गः सम्-उत्-

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic teacher addressing a King)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājan (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A brāhmaṇa raises his right hand in recitation gesture, mouth slightly open, while the donor holds the gift ready; a king listens attentively; the moment is the formal proclamation of the dāna-mantra.

Characters & Entities

• brāhmaṇa
• rājan

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity becomes fully sanctified when performed with proper mantra and ritual clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya framework; the immediate shloka emphasizes procedure rather than naming a site.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

After the donation-mantra is concluded, the brāhmaṇa is instructed to recite the relevant mantra distinctly.