Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

आरण्यानि च शाकानि फलान्यारण्यजानि च । तानि दास्यामि युष्माकं सर्वेषां प्रीतिपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

āraṇyāni ca śākāni phalānyāraṇyajāni ca | tāni dāsyāmi yuṣmākaṃ sarveṣāṃ prītipūrvakam

Translation

“ข้าพเจ้าจะถวายแก่ท่านทั้งปวงด้วยความรัก คือผักป่าต่าง ๆ และผลไม้ที่เกิดในพงไพร”

Word by Word

• आरण्यानि: wild/forest (things)
• आरण्यानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied items)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• शाकानि: vegetables, greens
• शाकानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• फलानि: fruits
• फलानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• आरण्य-जानि: forest-produced
• आरण्य-जानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आरण्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त) / जन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘from the forest’ + ‘born/produced’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तानि: those (things)
• तानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• दास्यामि: I will give
• दास्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• युष्माकम्: to you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘of all (of you)’

• प्रीति-पूर्वकम्: with affection
• प्रीति-पूर्वकम्: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; क्रियाविशेषणम् (with affection, gladly)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual, speaker within the episode not explicitly named in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā/Narmadā-taṭa āśrama-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Baskets of wild fruits, leafy vegetables, and roots are brought from the forest; the host offers them with gentle affection to a seated circle of sages, evoking austere abundance.

Characters & Entities

• Sages/Munis (recipients, implied)
• Revā/Narmadā (context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True giving is measured by sincerity, not luxury—simple offerings made with prīti (affection) fulfill dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha setting is implicit, where even modest forest offerings become sacred through right intent.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Dāna/atithi-sevā: feeding and offering gathered fruits and greens to honored guests/sages.