Skanda Purana [sanskrit]

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The Skanda-purana verse 2.5.12.59 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Skandapurana is one of the largest of the eighteen Mahapuranas, covering over 80,000 shlokas (verses). It is divided into seven large section each covering holy regions detailing their background and legends.

Verse 2.5.12.59

ऋत्विजां च ततो दद्याद्धेन्वादिग्रहदक्षिणाः ।
देवस्य तृप्त्यै दद्याच्च ब्राह्मणाय यथाविधि ॥ ५९ ॥

ṛtvijāṃ ca tato dadyāddhenvādigrahadakṣiṇāḥ |
devasya tṛptyai dadyācca brāhmaṇāya yathāvidhi || 59 ||

The English translation of Skandapurana Verse 2.5.12.59 is contained in the book The Skanda-Purana by G. V. Tagare. This book is available online or you could buy the latest edition:

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Glossary of Sanskrit terms

Note: This extracts Sanskrit terms and links to English definitions from the glossary, based on an experimental segmentation of verse (2.5.12.59). Some terms could be superfluous while some might not be mentioned. Click on the word to show English definitions.

Ritvij, Ritvija, Tatah, Tad, Tata, Han, Inu, Inva, Adish, Rahat, Deva, Tripti, Brahmana, Yathavidhi,

Analysis of Sanskrit grammar

Note: this is an experimental feature and only shows the first possible analysis of the Sanskrit text (Skandapurana Verse 2.5.12.59). If the system was successful in segmenting the sentence, you will see of which words it is made up of, generally consisting of Nouns, Pronouns, Verbs, Participles and Indeclinables. Click on the link to show all possible derivations of the word.

  • Line 1: “ṛtvijāṃ ca tato dadyāddhenvādigrahadakṣiṇāḥ
  • ṛtvijām -
  • ṛtvij (noun, masculine)
    [genitive plural]
    ṛtvij (noun, neuter)
    [genitive plural]
    ṛtvijā (noun, feminine)
    [accusative single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • tato* -
  • tataḥ (indeclinable adverb)
    [indeclinable adverb]
    tataḥ (indeclinable correlative)
    [indeclinable correlative]
    tataḥ (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]
    tad (noun, neuter)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    tata (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    tan -> tata (participle, masculine)
    [nominative single from √tan class 8 verb]
    sa (noun, masculine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
    (noun, feminine)
    [ablative single], [ablative dual], [ablative plural]
  • dadyāddh -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • he -
  • ha (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single], [locative single]
    ha (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual], [locative single]
    han (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single], [accusative single]
    (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single], [nominative dual], [vocative single], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    han (noun, masculine)
    [nominative single]
    as (verb class 2)
    [present middle first single]
    (verb class 1)
    [imperative active second single]
  • invā -
  • inu (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative dual], [vocative dual], [accusative dual]
    inva (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    inva (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    invā (noun, feminine)
    [nominative single]
    inv (verb class 6)
    [imperative active second single]
  • ādig -
  • ādiś (noun, feminine)
    [compound], [adverb], [nominative single], [vocative single]
  • rahad -
  • rah -> rahat (participle, neuter)
    [nominative single from √rah class 1 verb], [vocative single from √rah class 1 verb], [accusative single from √rah class 1 verb]
  • akṣiṇāḥ -
  • kṣī (verb class 9)
    [imperfect active second single]
  • Line 2: “devasya tṛptyai dadyācca brāhmaṇāya yathāvidhi
  • devasya -
  • deva (noun, masculine)
    [genitive single]
    deva (noun, neuter)
    [genitive single]
  • tṛptyai -
  • tṛpti (noun, feminine)
    [dative single]
  • dadyāc -
  • (verb class 3)
    [optative active third single]
  • ca -
  • ca (indeclinable conjunction)
    [indeclinable conjunction]
    ca (noun, masculine)
    [compound], [vocative single]
    ca (noun, neuter)
    [compound], [vocative single]
  • brāhmaṇāya -
  • brāhmaṇa (noun, masculine)
    [dative single]
    brāhmaṇa (noun, neuter)
    [dative single]
  • yathāvidhi -
  • yathāvidhi (indeclinable)
    [indeclinable]

Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Skandapurana Verse 2.5.12.59

Cover of edition (2016)

Skanda Purana (Hindi Translation)
by S. N. Khandelwal (2016)

(Set of 10 Books) - Chowkhamba Sanskrit Series Office

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Cover of Bengali edition

Skanda Purana in Bengali
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

স্কন্ধ পুরাণম: - (Set of 7 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 2.5.12.59 in Bengali sript:
ঋত্বিজাং চ ততো দদ্যাদ্ধেন্বাদিগ্রহদক্ষিণাঃ ।
দেবস্য তৃপ্ত্যৈ দদ্যাচ্চ ব্রাহ্মণায যথাবিধি ॥ ৫৯ ॥

Cover of edition (0)

Skanda Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

ಶ್ರೀ ಸ್ಕಾಂದ ಮಹಾಪುರಣಂ: (Set of 25 Volumes)

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Preview of verse 2.5.12.59 in Kannada sript:
ಋತ್ವಿಜಾಂ ಚ ತತೋ ದದ್ಯಾದ್ಧೇನ್ವಾದಿಗ್ರಹದಕ್ಷಿಣಾಃ ।
ದೇವಸ್ಯ ತೃಪ್ತ್ಯೈ ದದ್ಯಾಚ್ಚ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಾಯ ಯಥಾವಿಧಿ ॥ ೫೯ ॥

Cover of Gujarati edition

Skanda Mahapurana (Gujarati)
by Sahitya Sangam, Ahemdabad (2017)

સ્કંદ મહાપુરાણ: (Condensed/Summary)

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Preview of verse 2.5.12.59 in Gujarati sript:
ઋત્વિજાં ચ તતો દદ્યાદ્ધેન્વાદિગ્રહદક્ષિણાઃ ।
દેવસ્ય તૃપ્ત્યૈ દદ્યાચ્ચ બ્રાહ્મણાય યથાવિધિ ॥ ૫૯ ॥

Cover of edition (2015)

Shri Skanda purana (Malayalam)
by M.P. Pillai kaniyanthara (2015)

(Condensed/Summary) - Devi Book Stall, Kodungallur

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Preview of verse 2.5.12.59 in Malayalam sript:
ഋത്വിജാം ച തതോ ദദ്യാദ്ധേന്വാദിഗ്രഹദക്ഷിണാഃ ।
ദേവസ്യ തൃപ്ത്യൈ ദദ്യാച്ച ബ്രാഹ്മണായ യഥാവിധി ॥ ൫൯ ॥

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