Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

दानानां च व्रतानां च क्रतूनां तपसामपि । इदमेव फलं मन्ये यदाप्या मणिकर्णिका

Transliteration

dānānāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca kratūnāṃ tapasāmapi | idameva phalaṃ manye yadāpyā maṇikarṇikā

Translation

ദാനം, വ്രതം, യാഗം, തപസ്സ്—ഇവയുടെ യഥാർത്ഥ ഫലം ഞാൻ ഇതേയെന്ന് കരുതുന്നു: മണികർണികയെ പ്രാപിച്ച് അവളുടെ പാവന ജലം ലഭിക്കുക।

Word by Word

• दानानाम्: of gifts
• दानानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (neut. gen. pl.)

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

• व्रतानाम्: of vows
• व्रतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (neut. gen. pl.)

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

• क्रतूनाम्: of sacrifices (rites)
• क्रतूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (masc. gen. pl.)

• तपसाम्: of austerities
• तपसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (neut. gen. pl.)

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• एव: indeed, only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/only)

• फलम्: fruit, result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन (neut. nom./acc. sg.)

• मन्ये: I consider
• मन्ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद (I think)

• यत्: that (which)
• यत्: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative particle introducing clause)

• आप्या: attainable, to be obtained
• आप्या: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आप् (धातु) + यत्/ण्यत् (प्रत्यय)
• Form: कृदन्त (यत्/ण्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; साध्य/प्राप्यत्वार्थ (fem. nom. sg.; ‘to be attained’)

• मणिकर्णिका: Maṇikarṇikā (the sacred place)
• मणिकर्णिका: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणिकर्णिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; तीर्थनाम (fem. nom. sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue context, typically Skanda to Agastya)

Characters & Entities

• Maṇikarṇikā
• Dāna
• Vrata
• Kratu
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

All dharmic efforts—charity, vows, sacrifice, and austerity—are consummated by reaching Maṇikarṇikā, the liberating heart of Kāśī.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Maṇikarṇikā tīrtha of Kāśī, celebrated as the highest ‘phala’ (spiritual yield).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse lists dāna, vrata, kratu, and tapas as classical practices, but frames their culmination as pilgrimage/approach to Maṇikarṇikā.