Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

सौवर्णे घृतसंयुक्तं दीपं दद्याद्द्विजातये । पश्चात्संभोजयेद्विप्रान् स्वयं चैव विमत्सरः

Transliteration

sauvarṇe ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ dīpaṃ dadyāddvijātaye | paścātsaṃbhojayedviprān svayaṃ caiva vimatsaraḥ

Translation

พึงถวายประทีปที่มีเนยใสในภาชนะทองคำแก่ผู้เป็นทวิชะ แล้วภายหลัง เมื่อปลอดจากความริษยา พึงเลี้ยงภัตตาหารพราหมณ์ และตนเองก็รับประทานด้วยใจอ่อนน้อม

Word by Word

• सौवर्णे: in a golden (vessel)
• सौवर्णे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौवर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; आधारवाचक (in/into a golden (vessel))

• घृतसंयुक्तम्: mixed with ghee
• घृतसंयुक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-आधारित)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (घृतेन संयुक्तम्)

• दीपम्: a lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्विजातये: to a twice-born (Brāhmaṇa etc.)
• द्विजातये: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजाति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (dative/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kriya-visheshana (Sequence/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (afterwards)

• संभोजयेत्: should feed (cause to eat)
• संभोजयेत्: Kriya (Injunctive action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + भुज् (धातु, causative/णिजन्त)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; णिजन्त (causative)

• विप्रान्: Brāhmaṇas
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/कर्म), बहुवचन

• स्वयम्: personally
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Agent emphasis/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आत्मवाचक (reflexive adverb)

• च: and
• च: Samucchaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nipata (Emphasis/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (emphatic)

• विमत्सरः: free from envy
• विमत्सरः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि (उपसर्ग/निषेधार्थ) + मत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन; बहुव्रीह्यर्थे विशेषणप्रयोगः (free from envy)

Speaker

Unspecified (instructional passage within Revā Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee presents a golden lamp filled with ghee to a learned dvija; nearby, a line of brāhmaṇas is served food on leaf plates; the donor sits modestly, hands folded, waiting to eat last.

Characters & Entities

• Dvija
• Vipra (brāhmaṇa)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity offered with purity of intention—especially light (dīpa) and food—becomes a powerful vehicle of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha context of Revā Khaṇḍa, where such dāna is prescribed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dīpa-dāna (ghee lamp in a golden vessel) and vipra-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas), done without envy.