Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 69

Devanagari script

अन्नप्रदो नरो यः स्याद्विशेषेण तिलप्रदः । अहिंसानिरतश्चैव नरकं न स पश्यति

Transliteration

annaprado naro yaḥ syādviśeṣeṇa tilapradaḥ | ahiṃsānirataścaiva narakaṃ na sa paśyati

Translation

ಅನ್ನದಾನ ಮಾಡುವವನು—ವಿಶೇಷವಾಗಿ ತಿಲದಾನ ಮಾಡುವವನು—ಅಹಿಂಸೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ನಿರತನಾಗಿದ್ದರೆ, ಅವನು ನರಕವನ್ನು ನೋಡುವುದಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• अन्नप्रदः: giver of food
• अन्नप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्न + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• स्यात्: would be / may be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (adverbial instrumental)

• तिलप्रदः: giver of sesame
• तिलप्रदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तिल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक; √दा (धातु) उपसर्ग-प्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• अहिंसानिरतः: devoted to non-violence
• अहिंसानिरतः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अहिंसा + निरत (प्रातिपदिक; √रम्/√रि (धातु) क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (past participial adjective)

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• नरकम्: hell
• नरकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नरक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• पश्यति: sees
• पश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

Speaker

Yama (contextual, continuing instruction in this passage)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers cooked food and sesame to a worthy recipient near a tīrtha; the atmosphere is calm, with symbols of non-violence (gentle animals, restrained speech).

Characters & Entities

• Yama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food-charity, tiladāna, and ahiṃsā are core dharmas that generate strong puṇya and avert naraka.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse teaches universally applicable tīrtha-friendly dharma (supporting pilgrims through dāna and ahiṃsā).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna (donation of food), especially tila-dāna (gift of sesame), along with adherence to ahiṃsā.