Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

ज्ञानिनोऽपि हि जायंते दीपदानफलेन हि

Transliteration

jñānino'pi hi jāyaṃte dīpadānaphalena hi

Translation

Par le fruit du don de la lampe, même les sages et les éveillés viennent à naître ; un tel mérite fait naître la sagesse spirituelle.

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.