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

Tout ce (péché) se dissout en nourrissant sans cesse les deux-fois-nés. Et en offrant une lampe devant la Divinité, on n’est pas accablé par les maladies.

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.