Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

सर्वं तद्विलयं याति भोजयित्वा द्विजान्सदा । दीपं दत्त्वा च देवाग्रे न रोगैः परिभूयते

Transliteration

sarvaṃ tadvilayaṃ yāti bhojayitvā dvijānsadā | dīpaṃ dattvā ca devāgre na rogaiḥ paribhūyate

Translation

All dies (Sündige) löst sich auf, wenn man die Zweimalgeborenen stets speist. Und wer vor der Gottheit eine Lampe darbringt, wird von Krankheiten nicht überwältigt.

Word by Word

• सर्वम्: everything; all (as a whole)
• सर्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter pronoun, Nom./Acc., Singular)

• विलयम्: dissolution; disappearance
• विलयम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गत्यर्थकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• याति: goes; reaches
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Present, 3rd person, Singular)

• भोजयित्वा: having fed
• भोजयित्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय् (णिजन्त-धातु; √भुज्)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having caused to eat)

• द्विजान्: Brahmins; twice-born
• द्विजान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Plural)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकाल (having given)

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

• देवाग्रे: in front of the deity
• देवाग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + अग्र (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानाम् अग्रे)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• रोगैः: by diseases
• रोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Plural)

• परिभूयते: is overpowered; is afflicted
• परिभूयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद, कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Present, 3rd person, Singular, Ātmanepada, Passive)

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A king (addressed as rājendra in adjacent verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a steady oil lamp before a liṅga while attendants distribute food to seated dvijas; the atmosphere is calm, fragrant, and auspicious, suggesting healing and purification.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija (brāhmaṇas)
• Deva (deity)
• Dīpa-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purification is strengthened by dāna: feeding the worthy and offering light to the deity dissolve sin and support well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha in Adhyāya 225 (Alikeśvara setting), where charity and worship amplify tīrtha-phala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dvija-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) and dīpa-dāna (offering a lamp) before the deity.