Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 138

Devanagari script

पुष्करे चान्नदानेन प्रीताः सर्वे च देवताः । एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटिर्भवतिभोजिता

Transliteration

puṣkare cānnadānena prītāḥ sarve ca devatāḥ | ekasminbhojite vipre koṭirbhavatibhojitā

Translation

À Puṣkara aussi, par le don de nourriture, toutes les divinités sont comblées. Quand un seul brāhmaṇa est nourri, c’est comme si un crore l’avait été.

Word by Word

• पुष्करे: in Puṣkara
• पुष्करे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• अन्नदानेन: by giving food
• अन्नदानेन: Karana (Instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न + दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'gift of food'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रीताः: pleased
• प्रीताः: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रीत (प्री धातु, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) विशेषण; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण (qualifying देवताः)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• देवताः: deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

• एकस्मिन्: in/when (only) one
• एकस्मिन्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifying भोजिते)

• भोजिते: when (someone is) fed
• भोजिते: Adhikaraṇa (Occasion/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजित (भुज् धातु, णिच् causative → भोजयति; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); भावे/कर्मणि प्रयोग (in the act/state of feeding)

• विप्रे: (to/with respect to) a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Reference/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कोटिः: a crore; ten million
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवति: becomes; is
• भवति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• भोजिता: fed; entertained (with food)
• भोजिता: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भोजित (भुज् धातु, णिच्; क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) विशेषण; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); कोटिः इति विशेष्येण सह

Speaker

Gāyatrī (Veda-mātā, personified)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tīrtha-side annadāna: pilgrims and brāhmaṇas seated in rows on kuśa mats near a sacred waterbody; servers offer steaming rice, ghee, and sweets; subtle presence of pleased devatās in the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara
• Devatās
• Brāhmaṇa
• Anna-dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food charity is exalted as a universal offering that pleases the devas and multiplies merit through worthy recipients.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Puṣkara is named directly, while the discourse remains within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna (gift of food) and feeding a brāhmaṇa as a high-merit act.