Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

यतीनां भोजनं यस्तु यच्छते कृष्णमन्दिरे । सिक्थेसिक्थे भवेत्तृप्तिः पितॄणां युगसंख्यया

Transliteration

yatīnāṃ bhojanaṃ yastu yacchate kṛṣṇamandire | sikthesikthe bhavettṛptiḥ pitṝṇāṃ yugasaṃkhyayā

Translation

Ai dâng cúng thức ăn cho các vị khổ hạnh (yati) trong đền thờ Kṛṣṇa—thì mỗi miếng ăn đều đem lại sự mãn nguyện cho các Pitṛ (tổ tiên) suốt thời lượng tính bằng các yuga.

Word by Word

• यतीनाम्: of ascetics
• यतीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• भोजनम्: food/meal
• भोजनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• यच्छते: gives
• यच्छते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √यम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष? (actually 3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; √यम् (यच्छति/यच्छते) दाने (gives)

• कृष्ण-मन्दिरे: in Krishna's temple
• कृष्ण-मन्दिरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + मन्दिर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (कृष्णस्य मन्दिरे = in Krishna's temple)

• सिक्थे: in each morsel
• सिक्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (sikthe-sikthe = at each morsel/bit)

• सिक्थे: in each morsel
• सिक्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (reduplication for distributive sense)

• भवेत्: would be/occurs
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• तृप्तिः: satisfaction
• तृप्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• पितॄणाम्: of the ancestors
• पितॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• युग-संख्यया: for a duration measured in yugas
• युग-संख्यया: Karana (Instrument/Measure/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युग (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (युगानां संख्या = by the count of yugas; i.e., for yuga-numbered duration)

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestral beings)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: कृष्ण-मन्दिर (Dvārakādhīśa precinct)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Inside the temple courtyard, yatis sit in a line receiving food; a donor offers each portion with folded hands; with every morsel, luminous ancestral figures appear satisfied in the background sky.

Characters & Entities

• Kṛṣṇa
• Kṛṣṇa-mandira
• Yatis (ascetics)
• Pitṛs
• Yuga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed in a sacred setting—especially feeding renunciants at Kṛṣṇa’s temple—radiates merit to one’s ancestors with extraordinary longevity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kṛṣṇa’s temple in the Dvārakā sacred sphere (Dvārakā Māhātmya context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Yati-bhojana/annadāna: feeding ascetics in Kṛṣṇa’s mandira as a Pitṛ-benefiting act.