Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

चिंतामणिर्यथा दद्यात्पुरुषाणां मनोरथान् । यथाऽमरतरुर्दद्यात्पुरुषाणामभीप्सितम्

Transliteration

ciṃtāmaṇiryathā dadyātpuruṣāṇāṃ manorathān | yathā'maratarurdadyātpuruṣāṇāmabhīpsitam

Translation

Comme la Cintāmaṇi accorde aux hommes les vœux du cœur ; et comme l’arbre céleste Amarataru donne aux hommes ce qu’ils désirent—

Word by Word

• cintāmaṇiḥ: the wish-gem (cintāmaṇi)
• cintāmaṇiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cintāmaṇi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (as)

• dadyāt: would give, may grant
• dadyāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• puruṣāṇām: of men, of persons
• puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• manorathān: wishes, desired aims
• manorathān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manoratha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• yathā: as
• yathā: Sambandha (Comparison marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानवाचक अव्यय (as)

• amara-taruḥ: the divine tree (kalpavṛkṣa)
• amara-taruḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: amara (प्रातिपदिक) + taru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• dadyāt: would give, may grant
• dadyāt: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dā (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• puruṣāṇām: of men
• puruṣāṇām: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• abhīpsitam: the desired (thing)
• abhīpsitam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abhi + īpsita (कृदन्त; √āp/īps धातु-निष्पन्न)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced for Brāhma Khaṇḍa Setu-māhātmya style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setu)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic triptych: a radiant cintāmaṇi gem in a devotee’s palm, a celestial kalpavṛkṣa laden with gifts, and the Setu shoreline—visually equating Setu-snānā’s power with these mythic wish-granters.

Characters & Entities

• Cintāmaṇi
• Kalpavṛkṣa (Amarataru)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text uses renowned purāṇic symbols of boon-giving to emphasize the extraordinary efficacy attributed to Setu-related merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Setu/Rāmasetu is the implied focus, continued explicitly in the surrounding verses.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new prescription in this half-verse; it supports the prior claim about Setu-snāna’s fruit.