Skanda Purana — Vishnu Khanda, Shloka 189

Devanagari script

अन्नं बहुविधं हेम वासांसि विविधानि च । दातव्यानि हरेः प्राप्त्यै भक्त्या परमया युतैः

Transliteration

annaṃ bahuvidhaṃ hema vāsāṃsi vividhāni ca | dātavyāni hareḥ prāptyai bhaktyā paramayā yutaiḥ

Translation

Il convient d’offrir en aumône des nourritures variées, de l’or et des vêtements de toutes sortes; par ceux qui sont unis à la dévotion suprême, afin d’atteindre Hari.

Word by Word

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; समुच्चित-वस्तूनां निर्देशः (enumeration)

• बहुविधम्: of many kinds
• बहुविधम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु-विध (प्रातिपदिक; बहु + विध)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अन्नम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• हेम: gold
• हेम: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हेमन्/हेम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समुच्चयार्थे (gold as item to be given)

• वासांसि: garments
• वासांसि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• विविधानि: various
• विविधानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘वासांसि’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• दातव्यानि: should be given
• दातव्यानि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/passive necessity); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विधेय—‘(एतानि) दातव्यानि’

• हरेः: of Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरेः: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध

• प्राप्त्यै: for attaining
• प्राप्त्यै: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन (dative of purpose)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• परमया: supreme, highest
• परमया: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परमा (प्रातिपदिक; परम)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; ‘भक्त्या’ इत्यस्य विशेषण

• युतैः: by those endowed (with devotion)
• युतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle used adjectivally); पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; ‘(जनैः)’ इति अध्याहृत-कर्तृकरण

Speaker

Brahmā (deduced)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees distribute heaps of cooked rice, sweets, and fruits; folded garments and small gold coins are offered with humility before a Viṣṇu shrine; recipients bless the donors.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with supreme devotion becomes a direct expression of bhakti aimed at attaining Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Gopratāra/Ayodhyā tīrtha-māhātmya sequence in Adhyāya 6.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna (charity) of food, gold, and clothing, performed with parama-bhakti for Hari’s attainment.