Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

एतानि ये प्रयच्छन्ति नोपसर्पन्ति ते यमम् । मधु माषं पयः सर्पिर्लवणं गुडमौषधम्

Transliteration

etāni ye prayacchanti nopasarpanti te yamam | madhu māṣaṃ payaḥ sarpirlavaṇaṃ guḍamauṣadham

Translation

Wer diese Gaben darreicht, nähert sich Yama, dem Herrn des Todes, nicht. Ferner sind zu spenden: Honig, schwarzer Masha, Milch, Ghee, Salz, Jaggery und Heilmittel.

Word by Word

• एतानि: these (things)
• एतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• प्रयच्छन्ति: give; bestow
• प्रयच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

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

• उपसर्पन्ति: approach; come near
• उपसर्पन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + सृप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• यमम्: Yama (lord of death)
• यमम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• मधु: honey
• मधु: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• माषम्: black gram (māṣa)
• माषम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• पयः: milk
• पयः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• सर्पिः: ghee
• सर्पिः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्पिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; पदपाठे सर्पिः (सन्ध्यन्तरगतं)

• लवणम्: salt
• लवणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन

• गुड: jaggery
• गुड: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासपूर्वपद

• औषधम्: medicine/herbs (jaggery and medicine)
• औषधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचन; गुड-औषधम् इति समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (गुडं च औषधं च)

Speaker

Unspecified (Revā Khaṇḍa instructional voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (general)

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor offers jars of honey, sacks of black gram, pots of milk and ghee, salt and jaggery, and bundles of herbs to a brāhmaṇa/vaidya and needy pilgrims; in the background, a faint, receding figure of Yama symbolizes ‘not approaching Yama’.

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustaining others through generous giving is said to protect one from fear of death and adverse post-mortem destiny.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching sits within Revā Māhātmya; this verse is a general phalaśruti for dāna rather than a tīrtha-stuti.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Giving the listed items—along with staple nourishment and medicines—is praised, with the stated fruit of avoiding Yama’s reach.