Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

अथवा भक्तियुक्तस्तु तेषां दान्ते जितेन्द्रिये । संस्कृत्य ददते भिक्षां फलं तस्य ततोऽधिकम्

Transliteration

athavā bhaktiyuktastu teṣāṃ dānte jitendriye | saṃskṛtya dadate bhikṣāṃ phalaṃ tasya tato'dhikam

Translation

Ou bien, si quelqu’un, animé de dévotion, offre une aumône soigneusement préparée à ces ascètes disciplinés, maîtres de leurs sens, le fruit de cet acte est encore supérieur à celui décrit plus haut.

Word by Word

• अथवा: or else
• अथवा: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथवा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (or else)

• भक्तियुक्तः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तियुक्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (भक्त्या युक्तः = endowed with devotion)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः; अव्यय

• तेषाम्: of those (persons)
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• दान्ते: in the restrained (one)
• दान्ते: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दान्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; दम् धातोः)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; विशेषण (in/among the self-controlled)

• जितेन्द्रिये: in one who has conquered the senses
• जितेन्द्रिये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; जि धातोः) + इन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; बहुव्रीहिः (जितानि इन्द्रियाणि यस्य)

• संस्कृत्य: having prepared/purified
• संस्कृत्य: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-स्कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having prepared/purified)

• ददते: gives
• ददते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्, आत्मनेपदम्

• भिक्षाम्: alms
• भिक्षाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भिक्षा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• ततः: than that/from that
• ततः: None
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: तस्मात्-इत्यर्थे अव्यय (ablatival adverb: from that/thereafter)

• अधिकम्: greater
• अधिकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचनम्; तुलनार्थक-विशेषण (greater)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context: Mārkaṇḍeya addressing the king continues nearby)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-khaṇḍa tīrtha (general)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a well-prepared meal in a clean vessel to a line of disciplined ascetics seated on kusa mats near the riverbank; the giver’s posture is humble and reverent.

Characters & Entities

• Śaiva ascetics (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion joined with respectful giving to disciplined renunciants is declared to yield extraordinary spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction remains within the same Revā Khaṇḍa tīrtha-context; the surrounding passage identifies the particular ford.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer properly prepared food-alms (bhikṣā) to self-controlled, sense-conquering ascetics.