Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 100

Devanagari script

स्नानं प्रतिदिनं चान्नं ब्राह्मणेभ्य ददौ मुदा । अशरीरावचःप्रोक्तमखिलं पूजनं तथा

Transliteration

snānaṃ pratidinaṃ cānnaṃ brāhmaṇebhya dadau mudā | aśarīrāvacaḥproktamakhilaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā

Translation

Chaque jour, il se baignait et, dans la joie, donnait de la nourriture aux brāhmaṇas. De même, il accomplit l’adoration entière selon ce qu’avait prescrit la voix sans corps.

Word by Word

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रतिदिनम्: daily
• प्रतिदिनम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति + दिन (अव्यय; प्रतिदिनम्)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (every day)

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

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

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी/चतुर्थी (Ablative/Dative 5th/4th), बहुवचन (plural); अत्र चतुर्थी (recipient)

• ददौ: (he) gave
• ददौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• मुदा: with joy
• मुदा: Hetu/Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुद् (प्रातिपदिक: मुदा)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; भाववाचक (adverbial instrumental)

• अशरीर: bodiless
• अशरीर: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘वचः’)

• वचः: a voice, utterance
• वचः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• प्रोक्तम्: spoken, uttered
• प्रोक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle from √वच् ‘to say’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• अखिलम्: all, entire
• अखिलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object)

• पूजनम्: worship
• पूजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अत्र द्वितीया (object)

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra (Rāmasetu/Rāmeśvara)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn the devotee bathes at the seashore; later he feeds rows of brāhmaṇas with respectful service; a subtle celestial presence suggests an incorporeal voice guiding the full worship sequence.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• aśarīra-vāk (incorporeal voice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage dharma is completed by purity (snāna), compassion (feeding), and obedient worship according to sacred injunction.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setu–Rāmanātha sacred domain where such daily observances are described.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pratidina snāna, anna-dāna to brāhmaṇas, and full pūjā performed according to a revealed command (aśarīra-vāk).