Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तोयमन्नं च यो दद्याद्यमलोकं स नेक्षते । सर्वदानानि दीयन्ते तेषां फलमवाप्यते

Transliteration

toyamannaṃ ca yo dadyādyamalokaṃ sa nekṣate | sarvadānāni dīyante teṣāṃ phalamavāpyate

Translation

Celui qui donne l’eau et la nourriture ne voit pas le royaume de Yama. Lorsque toutes les formes d’aumône sont offertes, on en obtient les fruits propres.

Word by Word

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यमलोकम्: the world of Yama
• यमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

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

• ईक्षते: sees/encounters
• ईक्षते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वदानानि: all gifts/charities
• सर्वदानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि दानानि)

• दीयन्ते: are given
• दीयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अवाप्यते: is obtained
• अवाप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Deveśa) speaking to King Uttānapāda (deduced from Adhyāya 50 context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank distribute water in pots and serve food to travelers and ascetics; Yama’s dark silhouette recedes into the distance, unable to approach the donors.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering basic life-support—food and water—is a supremely protective dharma that shields one from fear of post-mortem punishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting frames the instruction, but this verse is ethical-dharmic rather than tied to a single named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jala-dāna (water charity) and anna-dāna (food charity) are explicitly prescribed.