Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

पक्वान्नैर्भो जयेद्विप्रान्यतिनोपि तपस्विनः । लड्डुकैः फेणिकाभिश्च वटकेंडरिकादिभिः

Transliteration

pakvānnairbho jayedviprānyatinopi tapasvinaḥ | laḍḍukaiḥ pheṇikābhiśca vaṭakeṃḍarikādibhiḥ

Translation

Par des mets cuits, qu’on honore et réjouisse les brāhmaṇas, ainsi que les ascètes et autres tapasvins, par des dons tels que des laddus, des douceurs pheṇikā, et des vaṭaka, eṇḍarikā et autres offrandes semblables.

Word by Word

• पक्वान्नैः: with cooked food
• पक्वान्नैः: करणम् (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पक्व + अन्न (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (पक्वम् अन्नम्)

• भोः: O!
• भोः: सम्बोधनम् (Address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भोः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (सम्बोधन-निपात/vocative particle)

• जयेत्: should honor/please; should win over
• जयेत्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• विप्रान्: brāhmaṇas
• विप्रान्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• यतिना: with an ascetic
• यतिना: सह/करणम् (means/association; context: along with ascetics)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: सम्बन्ध (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/अवधारण; also/even)

• तपस्विनः: ascetics; penitents
• तपस्विनः: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्विन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (तपस्विन्-शब्दः; -इन् अन्त)

• लड्डुकैः: with laddus (sweet balls)
• लड्डुकैः: करणम् (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लड्डुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• फेणिकाभिः: with pheṇikā sweets
• फेणिकाभिः: करणम् (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फेणिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• वटक-इंडरिक-आदिभिः: with vaṭaka, iṇḍarikā, and the like
• वटक-इंडरिक-आदिभिः: करणम् (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वटक + इण्डरिका + आदि (प्रातिपदिके; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (आदि-शब्देन ‘इत्यादि’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa dialogue framework)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī dāna during Māgha observance

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A donor at a Kāśī ghat distributes cooked rice and sweets to seated brāhmaṇas and saffron-robed yatis; leaf-plates, brass vessels, and orderly lines; winter morning light.

Characters & Entities

• Vipra (Brāhmaṇa)
• Yati
• Tapasvin

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Hospitality and food-giving (annadāna) to the worthy is a direct path to puṇya, especially during sacred months.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape; the verse fits the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s celebration of merit-producing acts in Vārāṇasī.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer cooked foods and traditional sweets to brāhmaṇas, ascetics, and tapasvins as an act of dāna.