Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

तोयमन्नं च यो दद्याद्यमलोकं स नेक्षते । सर्वदानानि दीयन्ते तेषां फलमवाप्यते

Transliteration

toyamannaṃ ca yo dadyādyamalokaṃ sa nekṣate | sarvadānāni dīyante teṣāṃ phalamavāpyate

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายทานน้ำและอาหาร ผู้นั้นย่อมไม่ประสบยมโลก เมื่อให้ทานทั้งปวงแล้ว ผลแห่งทานแต่ละอย่างย่อมบังเกิดแก่เขา

Word by Word

• तोयम्: water
• तोयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

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

• दद्याद्: should give
• दद्याद्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यमलोकम्: the world of Yama
• यमलोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यमलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यमस्य लोकः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation)

• ईक्षते: sees/encounters
• ईक्षते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ईक्ष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• सर्वदानानि: all gifts/charities
• सर्वदानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वदान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः कर्मधारयः (सर्वाणि दानानि)

• दीयन्ते: are given
• दीयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन

• फलम्: the fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Result/कर्म-फल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अवाप्यते: is obtained
• अवाप्यते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Śiva (Deveśa) speaking to King Uttānapāda (deduced from Adhyāya 50 context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: nṛpa (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a riverbank distribute water in pots and serve food to travelers and ascetics; Yama’s dark silhouette recedes into the distance, unable to approach the donors.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Yamaloka

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Offering basic life-support—food and water—is a supremely protective dharma that shields one from fear of post-mortem punishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā Khaṇḍa setting frames the instruction, but this verse is ethical-dharmic rather than tied to a single named tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Jala-dāna (water charity) and anna-dāna (food charity) are explicitly prescribed.