Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

मत्प्रीतयेऽत्र दातव्या निर्मलेनांतरात्मना

Transliteration

matprītaye'tra dātavyā nirmalenāṃtarātmanā

Translation

Hier soll die Gabe zu meiner Zufriedenheit dargebracht werden, mit einem inneren Herzen, das rein und makellos ist.

Word by Word

• mat-prītaye: for my pleasure
• mat-prītaye: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + prīti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (मत् + प्रीति = ‘my pleasure’)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• dātavyā: is to be given
• dātavyā: Vidhi (Injunctive predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dā (धाातु) + tavya (प्रत्यय) → dātavyā (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्य/कर्तव्यता (gerundive), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अनुवृत्त) ‘gauḥ’ इत्यस्य विधेयविशेषणम्

• nirmalena: with pure
• nirmalena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirmala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘antarātmanā’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• antara-ātmanā: with the inner self (mind)
• antara-ātmanā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antara (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमास (antar-ātman = ‘inner self/mind’)

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced: Vaiṣṇavakhaṇḍa context—Brahmā addressing Nārada)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Ayodhyā-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor with closed eyes and folded hands makes sankalpa, offering the gift with a visibly calm, purified demeanor; subtle radiance around the deity’s presence (Rāma/Viṣṇu) indicating ‘mat-prīti’.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The inner intention and purity of heart are central; dāna is meant as an offering to the Divine.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Ayodhyā, where offerings made with pure intention are specially praised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To give dāna with a purified inner self (nirmala-antarātmā) explicitly for divine satisfaction (matprīti).