Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

एवं ज्ञात्वा धर्मबुद्धे सांप्रतं मा विचारय । ददस्वान्नं ददस्वान्नमस्माकमिह याचताम्

Transliteration

evaṃ jñātvā dharmabuddhe sāṃprataṃ mā vicāraya | dadasvānnaṃ dadasvānnamasmākamiha yācatām

Translation

હે ધર્મબુદ્ધિ! આ જાણીને હવે વિચારમાં ન પડ. અન્ન આપ—અન્ન આપ—અહીં યાચના કરનાર અમને.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known/understood
• ज्ञात्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-पूर्वक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• धर्मबुद्धे: O dharma-minded one
• धर्मबुद्धे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म + बुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (one whose mind is on dharma)

• सांप्रतम्: now/at present
• सांप्रतम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सांप्रतम् (अव्यय/नपुंसक-रूप)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negator)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात; लोट्/विधिलिङ्-निषेधार्थे (prohibitive ‘do not’)

• विचारय: consider/deliberate
• विचारय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ददस्व: give
• ददस्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• ददस्व: give
• ददस्व: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (पुनरुक्ति—emphasis)

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

• अस्माकम्: to us/for us (of us)
• अस्माकम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• इह: here
• इह: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इह (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• याचताम्: of (us) who are begging
• याचताम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: शतृ-प्रत्यय (present active participle) ‘याचत्’ का षष्ठी-बहुवचन (Genitive plural) — ‘of (us) who are begging’

Speaker

Unnamed petitioner(s) (contextually the hungry sages/beggars addressing a householder)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: A dharma-buddhi person addressed as ‘dharma-buddhe’ (contextually the local Caṇḍāla/householder)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of emaciated sages/pilgrims with begging bowls stand before a householder/guardian, hands folded, repeating ‘dadasva annam’; the setting hints at a sacred precinct near Prabhāsa.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Immediate, compassionate giving—especially food—embodies dharma and should not be postponed by overthinking.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya), a major sacred region praised in the Skanda Purāṇa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annapradāna—offering food to those who ask—is directly urged.