Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

प्रदास्यति च तातस्य सुवर्णं कथितं च यत् । यद्गृह्णामि स्वहस्तेन मणिभद्रं द्वितीयकम्

Transliteration

pradāsyati ca tātasya suvarṇaṃ kathitaṃ ca yat | yadgṛhṇāmi svahastena maṇibhadraṃ dvitīyakam

Translation

そして父が与えると言われた黄金――私が自らの手で受け取るもの、それこそがこの第二のマニバドラである。

Word by Word

• प्रदास्यति: will give
• प्रदास्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (simple future), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (he will give)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (and)

• तातस्य: of (my) father
• तातस्य: Sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी एकवचनम् (genitive singular)

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (accusative singular)

• कथितम्: said/told
• कथितम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कथ् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; ‘कथितं यत्’ (that which was said)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्ययम् (and)

• यत्: which/that
• यत्: Sambandha (Relative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (relative pronoun: which/that)

• यत्: what/which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; सम्बन्धसूचकं (relative: what/which)

• गृह्णामि: I take/accept
• गृह्णामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (present), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (I take)

• स्वहस्तेन: with (my) own hand
• स्वहस्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व + हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (instrumental singular); समासः—स्वस्य हस्तः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• मणिभद्रम्: Maṇibhadra
• मणिभद्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिभद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (accusative singular; proper name)

• द्वितीयकम्: the second
• द्वितीयकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (qualifying मणिभद्रम्: the second one)

Speaker

A woman/bride (speaking publicly in the narrative; exact named speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tense recognition scene: mention of a father’s promised gold and the act of accepting with one’s own hand, as the ‘second Maṇibhadra’ is identified.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇibhadra
• tāta (father)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is upheld through clear, truthful declaration—especially in socially sacred rites like marriage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It alludes to marriage-related gifting/acceptance (dāna/acceptance) but gives no standalone ritual instruction here.