Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48

Devanagari script

अन्नं च नो बहु भवेदतिथींश्च लभेमद्दि । याचितारश्च नः सन्तु मा च याचिष्म कश्चन

Transliteration

annaṃ ca no bahu bhavedatithīṃśca labhemaddi | yācitāraśca naḥ santu mā ca yāciṣma kaścana

Translation

愿我们粮食丰足，并得遇可敬之宾以奉敬。愿有人向我们求取（使我们得以布施），愿我们中无人沦落至乞求为生。

Word by Word

• अन्नम्: food
• अन्नम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• बहु: much, abundant
• बहु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying अन्नम्)

• भवेत्: may there be
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अतिथीन्: guests
• अतिथीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अतिथि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• लभेम: may we obtain
• लभेम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद

• अद्दि: eat (you)
• अद्दि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), मध्यम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• याचितारः: beggars, requesters
• याचितारः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याचितृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• नः: of us / our
• नः: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्तु: may there be
• सन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative/benedictive), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• मा: not, may not
• मा: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• याचिष्म: we begged
• याचिष्म: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: याच् (धातु)
• Form: लुङ्-लकार (Aorist), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• कश्चन: anyone, someone
• कश्चन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्चन (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Unknown (contextual narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: pārthivo-ttama (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A household/pilgrim camp near a tīrtha distributes food to guests and supplicants; steaming pots, leaf-plates, orderly lines; the giver’s face shows calm joy and responsibility.

Characters & Entities

• Atithi (guest)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder dharma is upheld by hospitality and generosity—seeking abundance to serve others, not merely to possess.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter but does not identify the sacred site in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A concluding śrāddha prayer for plentiful food, the arrival of guests, opportunities to give, and freedom from the need to beg.