Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

अन्नानि रसमिश्राणि दत्त्वा दामोदराग्रतः । गतास्ते विष्णु भुवनं नागच्छंति महीतले

Transliteration

annāni rasamiśrāṇi dattvā dāmodarāgrataḥ | gatāste viṣṇu bhuvanaṃ nāgacchaṃti mahītale

Translation

เมื่อถวายภักษาหารอันปรุงด้วยรสนานา ณ เบื้องพระพักตร์ท้าวทาโมทรแล้ว พวกท่านก็ไปสู่โลกของพระวิษณุ และไม่หวนกลับสู่แผ่นดินอีก

Word by Word

• अन्नानि: foods, grains
• अन्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (neuter, nominative/accusative plural)

• रसमिश्राणि: mixed with juice/flavour
• रसमिश्राणि: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रस (प्रातिपदिक) + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (neuter nom/acc plural; adjective to अन्नानि)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial participle/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’

• दामोदराग्रतः: in front of Dāmodara
• दामोदराग्रतः: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दामोदर (प्रातिपदिक) + अग्रतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय (locative sense: ‘in front of’)

• गताः: gone
• गताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (masc nom pl)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (pronoun: masc nom pl)

• विष्णु: of Viṣṇu
• विष्णु: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन-प्रातिपदिकार्थ (used as first member in compound sense)

• भुवनम्: world, abode
• भुवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neuter acc sg)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आगच्छन्ति: they come (return)
• आगच्छन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन (3rd pl)

• महीतले: on the earth’s surface
• महीतले: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महीतल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (neuter loc sg); ‘मही + तल’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha tīrtha (Dāmodara-sannidhi)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A shrine of Dāmodara (Kṛṣṇa/Vişṇu) with garlands; devotees presenting platters of richly flavored foods; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims seated for feeding; a luminous path symbolizing ascent to Viṣṇu-bhuvana.

Characters & Entities

• Dāmodara
• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Food-offering and charity done with devotion before Viṣṇu (Dāmodara) leads to the highest spiritual destination.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Vastrāpathakṣetra tīrtha-context in Prabhāsa, where offerings before Dāmodara are said to bear extraordinary fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Anna-dāna: giving prepared, flavorful food as an offering/charity in the presence of Dāmodara.