Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

अत्रान्नं संप्रदास्यंति ब्राह्मणेभ्यः समा हिताः । सर्वयज्ञफलं तेषां भविष्यति न संशयः

Transliteration

atrānnaṃ saṃpradāsyaṃti brāhmaṇebhyaḥ samā hitāḥ | sarvayajñaphalaṃ teṣāṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

Translation

یہاں نیک نیت لوگ برہمنوں کو اَنّ دان کریں گے؛ اُن کے لیے تمام یَجْیوں کا پھل ضرور حاصل ہوگا، اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔

Word by Word

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय

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

• संप्रदास्यन्ति: will give/distribute
• संप्रदास्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+प्र+दा (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन (Plural); परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: to the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), बहुवचन

• समाः: equal/even-minded
• समाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हिताः: well-disposed/beneficial
• हिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हि (धातु) → हित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: the fruit of all sacrifices
• सर्वयज्ञफलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + यज्ञ + फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सर्वेषां यज्ञानां फलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Possessor/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन — सर्वनाम

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Devas (collectively), stating dāna-phala (fruit of charity)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (general tīrtha context within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims in Prabhāsa-kṣetra offer cooked rice, ghee, and fruits to seated Brāhmaṇas under a coastal sky; a shrine silhouette suggests Somnātha/Prabhāsa sanctity; hands in añjali, vessels of food, and calm devotional faces.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Feeding the worthy at a holy place is exalted as a comprehensive spiritual act, equated with the merit of many sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Prabhāsa-kṣetra tīrtha being praised in Adhyāya 258 (contextually Śaśāpāna and its vicinity).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annadāna—offering food to Brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha.