Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

भूयश्चान्नं प्रयच्छंति मोक्षमार्गं व्रजंति ते

Transliteration

bhūyaścānnaṃ prayacchaṃti mokṣamārgaṃ vrajaṃti te

Translation

Bukod dito, ang mga nagbibigay ng pagkain bilang dāna ay tatahak sa landas ng mokṣa, ang daan ng paglaya.

Word by Word

• भूयः: again/further
• भूयः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; पुनरर्थक/अधिक्यवाचक-अव्ययम् (again/further/more)

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

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• प्रयच्छन्ति: give
• प्रयच्छन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√yam (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• मोक्षमार्गम्: the path to liberation
• मोक्षमार्गम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + mārga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (mokṣasya mārgaḥ)

• व्रजन्ति: go
• व्रजन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vraj (धा॒तु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम्; परस्मैपदम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim community kitchen at Prabhāsa: donors distribute steaming food to brāhmaṇas, ascetics, and travelers; a subtle symbolic road or light-path indicates ‘mokṣa-mārga’ opening through generosity.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Anna-dāna is exalted as a direct purifier that aligns one with the mokṣa-mārga.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement continues the praise of Prabhāsa-kṣetra within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

An explicit emphasis on anna-dāna (donation of food), especially in the tīrtha context.