Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 129

Devanagari script

कंकणं रजतस्यापि योऽत्र निक्षिपते नरः । स जायते महीपृष्ठे धनधान्ययुते कुले

Transliteration

kaṃkaṇaṃ rajatasyāpi yo'tra nikṣipate naraḥ | sa jāyate mahīpṛṣṭhe dhanadhānyayute kule

Translation

Wer hier auch nur einen silbernen Armreif niederlegt, wird auf Erden wiedergeboren in einer Familie, die an Reichtum und Getreidefülle gesegnet ist.

Word by Word

• कंकणम्: a bangle/bracelet
• कंकणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कंकण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• रजतस्य: of silver
• रजतस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Modifier (Avyaya/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-कारक अव्यय (particle: also/even)

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place)

• निक्षिपते: deposits/throws down
• निक्षिपते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जायते: is born
• जायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• महीपृष्ठे: on the surface of the earth
• महीपृष्ठे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मही-पृष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक; मही + पृष्ठ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः)

• धनधान्ययुते: endowed with wealth and grain
• धनधान्ययुते: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धन-धान्य-युक्त (प्रातिपदिक; धन + धान्य + युक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण; (धनं च धान्यं च) इति द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद + युक्त (कर्मधारय-भाव)

• कुले: in a family
• कुले: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta), deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative style

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mahīsāgara-saṅgama

Type: sangam

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the confluence, a devotee places a shining silver bangle as an offering near the waterline or into a sanctified receptacle, while priests and other pilgrims witness; the sea breeze lifts garments and flags.

Characters & Entities

• Mahī (tīrtha context)
• Dāna (offering)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charitable offering at a powerful tīrtha is portrayed as generating auspicious rebirth and material well-being aligned with dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The Mahī tīrtha region (contextually, Mahī–Sāgara-saṅgama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A dāna/nikṣepa of a silver bangle (rau-pya-kaṃkaṇa) at the tīrtha.