Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

ब्राह्मणान्भोजयित्वा च सहितः पुत्रबांधवैः । विकलांधकृपणानां देयमन्नं स्वशक्तितः

Transliteration

brāhmaṇānbhojayitvā ca sahitaḥ putrabāṃdhavaiḥ | vikalāṃdhakṛpaṇānāṃ deyamannaṃ svaśaktitaḥ

Translation

Après avoir nourri les brāhmaṇas, en compagnie de ses fils et de ses proches, qu’on donne de la nourriture, selon ses moyens, aux infirmes, aux aveugles et aux pauvres.

Word by Word

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), बहुवचन

• भोजयित्वा: having fed
• भोजयित्वा: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) (णिच् causative: भोजय-)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund) causative ‘having fed’

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

• सहितः: accompanied
• सहितः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सहित (प्रातिपदिक; √सह + क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle) पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्तृविशेषण ‘accompanied’

• पुत्र-बांधवैः: with sons and relatives
• पुत्र-बांधवैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + बांधव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सहकार/सह), बहुवचन

• विकल-अन्ध-कृपणानाम्: of the disabled, the blind, and the poor
• विकल-अन्ध-कृपणानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विकल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + कृपण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (समाहार/समुच्चय); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• देयम्: should be given
• देयम्: Kriya (Predicate complement/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: देय (प्रातिपदिक; दा-धातोः यत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: यत्-कृदन्त (gerundive/obligative) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण ‘to be given’

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

• स्व-शक्तितः: according to one’s ability
• स्व-शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Speaker

Unknown (Prabhāsakhaṇḍa narrative voice; speaker not explicit in the excerpt)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra (Prabhāsa region)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim household, after completing worship, serves a seated line of Brāhmaṇas; outside the hall, attendants distribute bowls of food to the blind, disabled, and poor.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Dāna (anna-dāna)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage piety is validated through compassion—feeding the learned and supporting the vulnerable is a core expression of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya within Prabhāsa and frames charity as part of that sacred observance.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feed brāhmaṇas, then offer food charity to the infirm, blind, and poor according to one’s means.