Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

मिष्टान्नममृतस्वादु स हि नूनमवाप्स्यति । मम वाक्यान्नृपश्रेष्ठ सदा जन्मनिजन्मनि

Transliteration

miṣṭānnamamṛtasvādu sa hi nūnamavāpsyati | mama vākyānnṛpaśreṣṭha sadā janmanijanmani

Translation

Er wird gewiss süße Speise erlangen, von amṛta-gleichem, nektarhaftem Geschmack. Bei Meinem Wort, o bester der Könige: So wird es immer sein, Geburt um Geburt.

Word by Word

• मिष्टान्नम्: sweet food, sweet rice-offering
• मिष्टान्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मिष्ट + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; कर्मपद (object)

• अमृतस्वादु: nectar-sweet
• अमृतस्वादु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमृत + स्वादु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

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

• हि: indeed, for
• हि: Sambandha/Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अव्यय; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ-प्रयोग

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• अवाप्स्यति: will obtain
• अवाप्स्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मम: of me, my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वाक्यात्: from (my) statement/words
• वाक्यात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), एकवचन; अपादानार्थ (source)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; सम्बोधन-पद

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-visheshana (Temporal/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• जन्मनि: in (a) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locus)

• जन्मनि: in birth (again)
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (iteration)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (the Lord/deity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Miṣṭānnadeśvara (in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpaśreṣṭha)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Śiva-form or Śiva-associated Lord bestows a boon upon a king, promising nectar-sweet food across births; the setting suggests a sanctified kṣetra with a liṅga and attendants.

Characters & Entities

• miṣṭānna
• amṛta
• nṛpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Consistent devotion at a sacred liṅga yields tangible and continuing grace; spiritual merit is portrayed as enduring across lives.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Miṣṭānnadeśvara at Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra in Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied practice is morning darśana of the liṅga, whose stated fruit is the gain of sweet, nectar-like food.