Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ज्ञानिनोऽपि हि जायंते दीपदानफलेन हि

Transliteration

jñānino'pi hi jāyaṃte dīpadānaphalena hi

Translation

Durch die Frucht der Lampenspende werden selbst Weise und Erleuchtete geboren; solches Verdienst lässt geistige Weisheit entstehen.

Word by Word

• jñāninaḥ: wise/knowers
• jñāninaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jñānin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (knowers/wise ones)

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

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निश्चयार्थक-निपात (particle: 'indeed/for')

• jāyante: are born/arise
• jāyante: Kriya (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (जन् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; भावे प्रयोगः—'are born/come to be'

• dīpa-dāna-phalena: by the fruit of lamp-giving
• dīpa-dāna-phalena: Karana/Hetu (Cause/Instrument/करण-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक) + phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (दीपदानस्य फलम्)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरुक्त-निपात (emphatic particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) addressing the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single lamp before a liṅga; its flame transforms into a radiant inner light within a meditating devotee, suggesting the birth of wisdom.

Characters & Entities

• Dīpa-dāna
• Jñāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Lamp-offering is praised as a cause for the arising of spiritual knowledge and wise births.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa lamp-dāna praise; no single tirtha is named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (donating/offering lamps) is recommended for its transformative spiritual result.