Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

बटुरुवाच । सन्तापमनुतापं वा भोजनार्थं द्विजर्षभाः । मा कुरुध्वं यथान्यायं सिद्धेऽग्रे गृहमेष्यथा

Transliteration

baṭuruvāca | santāpamanutāpaṃ vā bhojanārthaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ | mā kurudhvaṃ yathānyāyaṃ siddhe'gre gṛhameṣyathā

Translation

قال البَطو: «يا خيرَ البراهمة، لا تجعلوا للطعام همًّا ولا ندمًا. فإذا تمّ إعداده على الوجه اللائق، فستأتون إلى البيت في حينه وبالترتيب الواجب».

Word by Word

• बटुः: the boy (brahmacārin)
• बटुः: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• सन्तापम्: distress
• सन्तापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्ताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अनुतापम्: regret
• अनुतापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनुताप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Connector (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• भोजन-अर्थम्: for the purpose of eating
• भोजन-अर्थम्: Hetu/Purpose (प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भोजन (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘भोजनस्य अर्थः’ (for the sake of food)

• द्विज-ऋषभाः: O best of Brahmins
• द्विज-ऋषभाः: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋषभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘द्विजानां ऋषभाः’ (bulls among Brahmins)

• मा: do not
• मा: Pratishedha (Prohibition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (prohibitive particle)

• कुरुध्वम्: do/make
• कुरुध्वम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• यथा-न्यायम्: as is proper
• यथा-न्यायम्: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + न्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb) — ‘according to propriety’

• सिद्धे: when (it is) ready
• सिद्धे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक; √सिध्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘(भोजने) सिद्धे’ (when it is ready)

• अग्रे: first/then
• अग्रे: Kriya-viseshana (Temporal/Order)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (adverb/locative used adverbially)

• गृहम्: home
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एष्यथ: you will come
• एष्यथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Baṭu (Śiva in disguise, per context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A youthful baṭu (brahmacārin) speaks calmly to agitated elders, gesturing toward a house where food is being prepared; the group’s tension softens.

Characters & Entities

• Baṭu
• Dvijarṣabha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Maintain patience and propriety; dharma is upheld by calm conduct even amid hunger and delay.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Revā/Narmadā sacred region where Śiva’s līlā instructs pilgrims and householders in dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Orderly hospitality: receive guests and serve food when it is fully prepared, following yathā-nyāya (proper procedure).