Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

ये त्वां यच्छंति ते भूयस्त्वां लभंते न संशयः । इह लोके परे चैव पार्थिवं रूपमाश्रिता

Transliteration

ye tvāṃ yacchaṃti te bhūyastvāṃ labhaṃte na saṃśayaḥ | iha loke pare caiva pārthivaṃ rūpamāśritā

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายท่านเป็นทาน ผู้นั้นย่อมได้ท่านกลับคืนแน่นอน มิเป็นที่สงสัย ทั้งในโลกนี้และโลกหน้า โดยอาศัยพระรูปอันเป็นรูปในโลกมนุษย์ของท่านเป็นที่พึ่ง

Word by Word

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यच्छन्ति: give/offer
• यच्छन्ति: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Correlative subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• भूयः: again; moreover
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निष्पन्न)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), पुनः/अधिकम्-अर्थे

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• लभन्ते: obtain
• लभन्ते: Kriya (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• न: not/no
• न: Avyaya (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Impersonal predicate)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; वाक्ये 'न संशयः' इति नास्त्यर्थे

• इह: here
• इह: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देश/कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• परे: in the other (world)
• परे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; लोके-विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Avyaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avyaya (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• पार्थिवम्: earthly
• पार्थिवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; रूपम्-विशेषण

• रूपम्: form
• रूपम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आश्रिताः: having taken refuge in/assumed
• आश्रिताः: Karta-bhava (Predicative)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ+श्रि (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ये/ते इत्यन्वयः

Speaker

Yajamāna/Devotee (concluding the prayer segment)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor at a tīrtha offers a consecrated ‘earthly form’ (iconic/ritual embodiment) with attendants and priests; the deity’s presence is implied as the recipient who ‘returns’ as blessing in both worlds.

Characters & Entities

• Pārthiva-rūpa (earthly form)
• Dāna (giving)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

What is given in dharma returns as lasting support—here as stability/prosperity and hereafter as auspicious attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of the fruit of Earth-giving within a tīrtha-rite framework, without specifying a single geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It states the promised fruit (phala) of offering Earth (pṛthvī-dāna): attainment of support and auspiciousness in both realms.