Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भूयश्चान्नं प्रयच्छंति मोक्षमार्गं व्रजंति ते

Transliteration

bhūyaścānnaṃ prayacchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te

Translation

ထို့ပြင် အစာအဟာရကို ဒါနအဖြစ် ပေးလှူသူတို့သည် မောက္ခမဂ်၊ လွတ်မြောက်ခြင်း၏ လမ်းကြောင်းသို့ ချီတက်ကြမည်။

Word by Word

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक-अव्ययम् (again/further/more)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; समुच्चयार्थक-निपातः

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रयच्छन्ति: give
• प्रयच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मोक्षमार्गम्: the path to liberation
• मोक्षमार्गम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mokṣasya mārgaḥ)

• व्रजन्ति: go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anna-dāna is exalted as a direct purifier that aligns one with the mokṣa-mārga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the praise of Prabhāsa-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An explicit emphasis on anna-dāna (donation of food), especially in the tīrtha context.