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

Mereka yang memberi dengan bhakti yang tertinggi akan menuju Triviṣṭapa (syurga). Wahai raja yang terbaik, apa jua dana yang dipersembahkan di Maṇināga (Maṇināgeśvara)…

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.