Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

येऽत्र रत्नप्रदानं च प्रकरिष्यन्ति मानवाः । भविष्यंति न संदेहो राजानस्ते भवेभवे

Transliteration

ye'tra ratnapradānaṃ ca prakariṣyanti mānavāḥ | bhaviṣyaṃti na saṃdeho rājānaste bhavebhave

Translation

Ceux qui accompliront ici le don de joyaux deviendront, sans aucun doute, des rois, naissance après naissance.

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (here)

• रत्न-प्रदानम्: giving of gems
• रत्न-प्रदानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (रत्नस्य प्रदानम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (and)

• प्रकरिष्यन्ति: will perform
• प्रकरिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• मानवाः: people, men
• मानवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध निपात (negation)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Sambandha (Parenthetical/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; वाक्ये अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः (idiom: no doubt)

• राजानः: kings
• राजानः: Kartṛsāmānādhikaraṇya (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• भवे: in (a) birth/existence
• भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भवे: in every birth
• भवे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)

Speaker

Unspecified (contextual Purāṇic narration within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor offers a jewel-gift at the tīrtha—either to a brāhmaṇa/ascetic or for sacred works—while the tīrtha landscape frames the act; symbolic imagery of a crown/royal insignia hints at the promised fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Dāna (charity)
• Ratna (jewels)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Generous charity performed at a sanctified place multiplies merit and shapes auspicious destiny across lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the verse does not name it explicitly).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Ratna-pradāna (donation of jewels) as a meritorious act at the tīrtha.