Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं रजतं वापि मणिं मौक्तिकमेव च । दद्याद्भोज्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः स सुखी मोदते दिवि

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikameva ca | dadyādbhojyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa sukhī modate divi

Translation

Wer Gold oder Silber, einen Edelstein oder Perlen spendet und zudem Speise den Brāhmaṇas darreicht, der wird glücklich und frohlockt im Himmel.

Word by Word

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• रजतम्: silver
• रजतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• मणिम्: gem
• मणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• मौक्तिकम्: pearl
• मौक्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

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

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

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada; ‘should give’

• भोज्यम्: food (to be eaten)
• भोज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन; dative plural masculine

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun nominative singular masculine

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective nominative singular masculine

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘rejoices’

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular feminine

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverside tīrtha offers bowls of cooked food and gifts (gold, silver, gems, pearls) to seated Brāhmaṇas; the river glimmers behind, suggesting Revā’s sanctity and the promise of heavenly joy.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna—especially anna-dāna and honoring worthy recipients—creates puṇya that yields happiness and heavenly reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The charity is praised within the Kundaleśvara-tīrtha Māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of valuables (gold, silver, gems, pearls) and bhojya/anna-dāna to Brāhmaṇas.