Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

अन्नदं च दरिद्राणां भवेज्जन्मनिजन्मनि । कुलीनत्वं दुःखहानिः स्वभावाजायते नरे

Transliteration

annadaṃ ca daridrāṇāṃ bhavejjanmanijanmani | kulīnatvaṃ duḥkhahāniḥ svabhāvājāyate nare

Translation

Pour les pauvres, il devient donateur de nourriture naissance après naissance. Chez l’homme, la noblesse de caractère et la disparition de la souffrance naissent naturellement.

Word by Word

• अन्नदम्: giving food
• अन्नदम्: Phala (Result/फल)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; √दा क)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (तत्/फलम् implied)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दरिद्राणाम्: of the poor
• दरिद्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भवेत्: would be/should occur
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• जन्मनि: in (each) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• जन्मनि: in (every) birth
• जन्मनि: Adhikarana (Locus/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (iteration)

• कुलीनत्वम्: nobility/gentility
• कुलीनत्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुलीनत्व (प्रातिपदिक; कुलीन + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुःख-हानिः: removal of sorrow
• दुःख-हानिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + हानि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• स्वभावात्: from (one's) nature; naturally
• स्वभावात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वभाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

• जायते: arises/is born
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• नरे: in a man/person
• नरे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (contextual, Revā Khaṇḍa narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha-annadāna scene: the poor receive food near a riverbank/temple kitchen; the same individual is shown in a symbolic future-life vignette receiving sustenance again; a subtle aura indicates inner nobility and reduced suffering.

Characters & Entities

• Revā (Narmadā)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit tied to sacred devotion and charity yields both material support (food) and inner refinement (kulīnatva) over lifetimes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sphere of pilgrimage where repeated-birth benefits are proclaimed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied annadāna (food-giving) and sustained sacred practice that generates ongoing welfare.