Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अस्य तीरे द्विजं चैकं मृष्टान्नैर्यश्च तर्पयेत् । तेन श्रद्धासहायेन कोटिर्भवति तर्पिता

Transliteration

asya tīre dvijaṃ caikaṃ mṛṣṭānnairyaśca tarpayet | tena śraddhāsahāyena koṭirbhavati tarpitā

Translation

ଏହି ପୁଣ୍ୟତୀରରେ ଯେ କେହି ଶ୍ରଦ୍ଧାସହିତ ଉତ୍ତମ ଅନ୍ନଦ୍ୱାରା ଗୋଟିଏ ମାତ୍ର ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କୁ ତୃପ୍ତ କରେ, ସେ ଯେନେ କୋଟି ବ୍ରାହ୍ମଣଙ୍କୁ ତୃପ୍ତ କଲା ବୋଲି ଫଳ ପାଏ।

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (place)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः (pronominal)

• तीरे: on the bank
• तीरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• द्विजम्: a Brahmin
• द्विजम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvija (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एकम्: one
• एकम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier) द्विजम् प्रति

• मृष्टान्नैः: with choice foods
• मृष्टान्नैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛṣṭa + anna (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); समासः—कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः: मृष्टम् अन्नम्

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सम्बन्धक-प्रत्यय (relative pronoun)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• तर्पयेत्: should satisfy/feed
• तर्पयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tṛp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); सकर्मक

• तेन: by that (act)
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-प्रयोगः, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• श्रद्धासहायेन: with faith as an aid
• श्रद्धासहायेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śraddhā + sahāya (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः (श्रद्धा-सहायः = श्रद्धया सहायः); विशेषणम् तेन प्रति

• कोटिः: a crore (ten million)
• कोटिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: koṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तर्पिता: satisfied (fed)
• तर्पिता: Karta (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tṛp (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषणम् कोटिः प्रति

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Koṭitīrtha

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene riverbank at Koṭitīrtha: a pilgrim respectfully offers a leaf-plate of choice food to a seated brāhmaṇa; behind them, tīrtha markers (śiva-liṅga/ghāṭa steps) and other pilgrims performing ablutions.

Characters & Entities

• Koṭitīrtha
• dvija (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faith-filled charity at a tīrtha multiplies merit far beyond the apparent scale of the act.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Koṭitīrtha—its bank is said to multiply the fruits of feeding.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Feeding/satisfying a brāhmaṇa with good food (annadāna) with śraddhā at the tīrtha-bank.