Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अन्नानि रसमिश्राणि दत्त्वा दामोदराग्रतः । गतास्ते विष्णु भुवनं नागच्छंति महीतले

Transliteration

annāni rasamiśrāṇi dattvā dāmodarāgrataḥ | gatāste viṣṇu bhuvanaṃ nāgacchaṃti mahītale

Translation

Après avoir offert, devant Dāmodara, des mets mêlés de saveurs exquises, ils gagnèrent le séjour de Viṣṇu et ne revinrent plus sur la terre.

Word by Word

• अन्नानि: foods, grains
• अन्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative plural)

• रसमिश्राणि: mixed with juice/flavour
• रसमिश्राणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc plural; adjective to अन्नानि)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’

• दामोदराग्रतः: in front of Dāmodara
• दामोदराग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (locative sense: ‘in front of’)

• गताः: gone
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (pronoun: masc nom pl)

• विष्णु: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णु: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन-प्रातिपदिकार्थ (used as first member in compound sense)

• भुवनम्: world, abode
• भुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आगच्छन्ति: they come (return)
• आगच्छन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd pl)

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter loc sg); ‘मही + तल’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha (Dāmodara-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine of Dāmodara (Kṛṣṇa/Vişṇu) with garlands; devotees presenting platters of richly flavored foods; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims seated for feeding; a luminous path symbolizing ascent to Viṣṇu-bhuvana.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food-offering and charity done with devotion before Viṣṇu (Dāmodara) leads to the highest spiritual destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpathakṣetra tīrtha-context in Prabhāsa, where offerings before Dāmodara are said to bear extraordinary fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna: giving prepared, flavorful food as an offering/charity in the presence of Dāmodara.