Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

ततोऽसौ दत्तवानन्नमगस्त्यस्य महात्मनः । भस्मीचकार सर्वं स तदन्नं च सदानवम्

Transliteration

tato'sau dattavānannamagastyasya mahātmanaḥ | bhasmīcakāra sarvaṃ sa tadannaṃ ca sadānavam

Translation

ثم بعد أن قُدِّم الطعام إلى أغاستيا العظيم النفس، جعل كلَّ شيء رمادًا—ذلك الطعامَ والدانَفا الكامنَ فيه معًا.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (then)

• asau: he (that one)
• asau: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adas (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• dattavān: gave (having given)
• dattavān: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: dattavat (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √dā दा + क्तवत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तरि-भूतकृदन्त (having given)

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• agastyasya: of Agastya
• agastyasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agastya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• mahātmanaḥ: of the great-souled one
• mahātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Singular)

• bhasmīcakāra: reduced to ashes
• bhasmīcakāra: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhasmī + √kṛ कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; नामधातु-प्रयोग ‘भस्मी-’ (to reduce to ashes)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Singular)

• tat: that
• tat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); विशेषण-रूपेण

• annam: food
• annam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

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

• sa-dānavam: together with the demon(s)
• sa-dānavam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa- (उपसर्ग/सह) + dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); अव्ययीभाव-समास ‘सह दानवेन/दानवैः’ = ‘with the demon(s)’

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After eating, Agastya’s inner fire reduces the food and the hidden dānava to ashes; the atmosphere shifts from tension to quiet certainty of dharma’s victory.

Characters & Entities

• Agastya
• Vātāpi
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual power rooted in dharma can completely neutralize hidden evil, leaving no seed for its return.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the sage’s act safeguards the sanctity of the region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse emphasizes the efficacy of a realized sage’s power.