Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सुवर्णं रजतं वापि मणिं मौक्तिकमेव च । दद्याद्भोज्यं ब्राह्मणेभ्यः स सुखी मोदते दिवि

Transliteration

suvarṇaṃ rajataṃ vāpi maṇiṃ mauktikameva ca | dadyādbhojyaṃ brāhmaṇebhyaḥ sa sukhī modate divi

Translation

സ്വർണം, വെള്ളി, മണി അല്ലെങ്കിൽ മുത്ത് ദാനം ചെയ്ത് ബ്രാഹ്മണർക്കു ഭോജനം അർപ്പിക്കുന്ന ദാതാവ്—സുഖിയായി സ്വർഗത്തിൽ ആനന്ദിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• सुवर्णम्: gold
• सुवर्णम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• रजतम्: silver
• रजतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रजत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle: or)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थक-निपात (particle: also/even)

• मणिम्: gem
• मणिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular masculine

• मौक्तिकम्: pearl
• मौक्तिकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मौक्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

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

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

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; parasmaipada; ‘should give’

• भोज्यम्: food (to be eaten)
• भोज्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; accusative singular neuter

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचन; dative plural masculine

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; pronoun nominative singular masculine

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective nominative singular masculine

• मोदते: rejoices
• मोदते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुद् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; ‘rejoices’

• दिवि: in heaven
• दिवि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिव् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular feminine

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pāṇḍava (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a riverside tīrtha offers bowls of cooked food and gifts (gold, silver, gems, pearls) to seated Brāhmaṇas; the river glimmers behind, suggesting Revā’s sanctity and the promise of heavenly joy.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dāna—especially anna-dāna and honoring worthy recipients—creates puṇya that yields happiness and heavenly reward.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The charity is praised within the Kundaleśvara-tīrtha Māhātmya of the Revā Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna of valuables (gold, silver, gems, pearls) and bhojya/anna-dāna to Brāhmaṇas.