Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 72

Devanagari script

प्रत्यक्षं मे यथा तृप्तिरन्नेनैव प्रजायते । त्वत्प्रसादात्सुरश्रेष्ठ तथा नीतिर्विधीयताम्

Transliteration

pratyakṣaṃ me yathā tṛptirannenaiva prajāyate | tvatprasādātsuraśreṣṭha tathā nītirvidhīyatām

Translation

جس طرح میرے لیے تسکین ظاہر طور پر صرف اَنّ (غذا) سے ہی پیدا ہوتی ہے، اسی طرح تمہارے پرساد سے، اے سُر شریشٹھ، اسی کے مطابق درست قاعدہ مقرر کیا جائے۔

Word by Word

• प्रत्यक्षम्: directly/evidently
• प्रत्यक्षम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् = directly/evidently

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी/चतुर्थी-एकवचन रूपम्; अत्र षष्ठी (Genitive) = ‘my’

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकार-अव्यय (as/just as)

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अन्नेन: by food
• अन्नेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (only/indeed)

• प्रजायते: arises
• प्रजायते: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Apadana (Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (युष्मद्) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; त्वत्प्रसादात् = from your grace

• सुरश्रेष्ठ: O best of gods
• सुरश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर + श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; सुरश्रेष्ठः = श्रेष्ठः सुरः (best of gods)

• तथा: so/in the same way
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (so/in the same way)

• नीतिः: rule/procedure
• नीतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• विधीयताम्: let it be ordained
• विधीयताम्: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + धा (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘let it be prescribed/ordained’

Speaker

Yakṣma

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure (or revered authority) grants approval as large vessels of cooked rice and offerings are distributed; brāhmaṇas and pilgrims eat, their faces showing contentment; the rule of anna-based tarpaṇa is ‘established’.

Characters & Entities

• Suraśreṣṭha (best of gods)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practical: compassion expressed as food-giving (anna-dāna) is a direct, verifiable form of merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it supports tīrtha-dharma through the ethic of feeding.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Prioritize anna (food) in acts of satisfaction—feeding is presented as the clearest means of tarpaṇa.