Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यः प्रयच्छति राजेन्द्र विधिनानेन भक्तितः । जन्मजन्मान्तरे वापि न तांबूलेन मुच्यते

Transliteration

yaḥ prayacchati rājendra vidhinānena bhaktitaḥ | janmajanmāntare vāpi na tāṃbūlena mucyate

Translation

يا سيّد الملوك، من قدّم التامبولا (ورق الفوفل) بتعبّدٍ ووفق هذا المنهج، فحتى عبر ولادةٍ بعد ولادة لا يُحرم بركته الميمونة ولا تنقطع عنه منفعته.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (who)

• prayacchati: gives
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; दानक्रिया (gives)

• rājendra: O king (lord of kings)
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन (O king of kings)

• vidhinā: by the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by the rule)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by this)

• bhaktitaḥ: out of devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) अर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् तद्धितान्त-तस् (तसिल्); हेतौ (out of devotion)

• janma-janma-antare: in birth after birth / in another lifetime
• janma-janma-antare: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in another birth after birth)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कार (even/also)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (not)

• tāṃbūlena: by betel (tāmbūla)
• tāṃbūlena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāṃbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by/through betel)

• mucyate: is freed/released
• mucyate: Kriya (Passive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is freed)

Speaker

Skanda (phala statement to the king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers tāmbūla with devotion; behind, a symbolic sequence shows continuity across lifetimes—repeated offerings or a garland-like timeline—signifying akṣaya fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Rājendra (King)
• Tāmbūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving done correctly yields enduring merit that follows the giver beyond a single lifetime.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes the fruit of the observance; it does not specify a named tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give the offering according to the prescribed vidhi and with bhakti to secure lasting spiritual benefit.