Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अत्रान्नं संप्रदास्यंति ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समा हिताः । सर्वयज्ञफलं तेषां भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

atrānnaṃ saṃpradāsyaṃti brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samā hitāḥ | sarvayajñaphalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಸತ್ಸಂಕಲ್ಪದ ಜನರು ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣರಿಗೆ ಅನ್ನದಾನ ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾರೆ; ಅವರಿಗೆ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಯಜ್ಞಫಲ ದೊರೆಯುವುದು—ಸಂದೇಹವಿಲ್ಲ.

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

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

• संप्रदास्यन्ति: will give/distribute
• संप्रदास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन

• समाः: equal/even-minded
• समाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हिताः: well-disposed/beneficial
• हिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हि (धातु) → हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: the fruit of all sacrifices
• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + यज्ञ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां यज्ञानां फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन — सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devas (collectively), stating dāna-phala (fruit of charity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (general tīrtha context within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Prabhāsa-kṣetra offer cooked rice, ghee, and fruits to seated Brāhmaṇas under a coastal sky; a shrine silhouette suggests Somnātha/Prabhāsa sanctity; hands in añjali, vessels of food, and calm devotional faces.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Feeding the worthy at a holy place is exalted as a comprehensive spiritual act, equated with the merit of many sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha being praised in Adhyāya 258 (contextually Śaśāpāna and its vicinity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annadāna—offering food to Brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha.