Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91

Devanagari script

यः प्रयच्छति राजेन्द्र विधिनानेन भक्तितः । जन्मजन्मान्तरे वापि न तांबूलेन मुच्यते

Transliteration

yaḥ prayacchati rājendra vidhinānena bhaktitaḥ | janmajanmāntare vāpi na tāṃbūlena mucyate

Translation

ఓ రాజేంద్రా! ఎవడు ఈ విధానముతో భక్తితో (తాంబూలము) సమర్పించునో, వాడు జన్మజన్మాంతరములలో కూడ తాంబూలమునుండి వంచితుడగడు.

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्ता (who)

• prayacchati: gives
• prayacchati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (यम् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; दानक्रिया (gives)

• rājendra: O king (lord of kings)
• rājendra: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; संबोधन (O king of kings)

• vidhinā: by the prescribed method
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by the rule)

• anena: by this
• anena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by this)

• bhaktitaḥ: out of devotion
• bhaktitaḥ: Hetu (Cause/Motive/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी) अर्थे अव्ययीभाववत् तद्धितान्त-तस् (तसिल्); हेतौ (out of devotion)

• janma-janma-antare: in birth after birth / in another lifetime
• janma-janma-antare: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + janman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (in another birth after birth)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or)

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कार (even/also)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (not)

• tāṃbūlena: by betel (tāmbūla)
• tāṃbūlena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tāṃbūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (by/through betel)

• mucyate: is freed/released
• mucyate: Kriya (Passive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √muc (मुच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (is freed)

Speaker

Skanda (phala statement to the king)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: rājendra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers tāmbūla with devotion; behind, a symbolic sequence shows continuity across lifetimes—repeated offerings or a garland-like timeline—signifying akṣaya fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Rājendra (King)
• Tāmbūla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional giving done correctly yields enduring merit that follows the giver beyond a single lifetime.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes the fruit of the observance; it does not specify a named tirtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give the offering according to the prescribed vidhi and with bhakti to secure lasting spiritual benefit.