Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

भूयश्चान्नं प्रयच्छंति मोक्षमार्गं व्रजंति ते

Transliteration

bhūyaścānnaṃ prayacchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te

Translation

Além disso, os que doam alimento em caridade seguem pela senda da libertação (mokṣa).

Word by Word

• bhūyaḥ: again; moreover
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘पुनः/अधिकम्’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक/conjunction)

• annaṃ: food
• annaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• prayacchanti: they give; they bestow
• prayacchanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√yam (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन (plural), परस्मैपद

• mokṣa-mārgaṃ: the path to liberation
• mokṣa-mārgaṃ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: मोक्षस्य मार्गः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• vrajanti: they go; they proceed
• vrajanti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Pronoun, Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim distributes cooked food to ascetics, brāhmaṇas, and the poor in Prabhāsa; a subtle path or radiant road symbolizing the ‘mokṣa-mārga’ extends beyond the scene.

Characters & Entities

• anna-dāna
• mokṣa-mārga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Feeding others is elevated as a direct, liberation-oriented form of dharma, not merely social virtue.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the Prabhāsa tīrtha context of Adhyāya 270, where dāna is magnified.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna—giving food as charity.