Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 56

Devanagari script

ये ददन्ते परं भक्त्या ते व्रजन्ति त्रिविष्टपम् । मणिनागे नृपश्रेष्ठ यच्च दानं प्रदीयते

Transliteration

ye dadante paraṃ bhaktyā te vrajanti triviṣṭapam | maṇināge nṛpaśreṣṭha yacca dānaṃ pradīyate

Translation

പരമഭക്തിയോടെ ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ ത്രിവിഷ്ടപം (സ്വർഗ്ഗം) പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു. ഹേ നൃപശ്രേഷ്ഠാ! മണിനാഗത്തിൽ ഏതു ദാനവും അർപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുകയാണെങ്കിൽ അത് മഹാപുണ്യദായകം.

Word by Word

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

• ददन्ते: give
• ददन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• परम्: supreme/excellent
• परम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied दानम्/फलम्)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; करण/हेतु-भाव (by/with devotion)

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

• व्रजन्ति: go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: व्रज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• त्रिविष्टपम्: heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपम्: Gati/Karma (Destination as object/गति-कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• मणिनागे: at Maṇināga
• मणिनागे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिनाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; देश/स्थान-अधिकरण (locative of place)

• नृपश्रेष्ठ: O best of kings
• नृपश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप (प्रातिपदिक) + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘श्रेष्ठः नृपः’)

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative)

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

• दानम्: gift/charity
• दानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• प्रदीयते: is given
• प्रदीयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified narrator addressing the king

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Maṇināga / Maṇināgeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpaśreṣṭha (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Skanda instructs a king beside a serpent-associated Śiva shrine (Maṇināgeśvara). Devotees offer gifts with folded hands; above, celestial beings hint at Triviṣṭapa as the promised destination.

Characters & Entities

• Maṇināga/Maṇināgeśvara
• triviṣṭapa (heaven)
• dāna
• bhakti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion (bhakti) sanctifies charity; giving at a praised tīrtha becomes a direct cause of elevated posthumous states.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇināga/Maṇināgeśvara, the focal sacred site of this adhyāya in the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer dāna at Maṇināgeśvara with sincere devotion to obtain heavenly merit.