Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 71

Devanagari script

यस्तु भोजयते विप्रांस्तस्मिंस्तीर्थे नराधिप । पायसं घृतमिश्रं तु स लभेत्कोटिजं फलम्

Transliteration

yastu bhojayate viprāṃstasmiṃstīrthe narādhipa | pāyasaṃ ghṛtamiśraṃ tu sa labhetkoṭijaṃ phalam

Translation

أيها الملك، من أطعم البراهمة في ذلك التيرثا المقدّس، وقدّم لهم أرزًّا بالحليب ممزوجًا بالسمن (الغِي)، نال ثوابًا مضاعفًا قدره كروْرًا من البركة.

Word by Word

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

• तु: indeed/and/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पदपूरक-अव्यय (particle; contrast/emphasis)

• भोजयते: feeds
• भोजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भोजय् (धातु; √भुज् causative)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative: causes to eat/feeds)

• विप्रान्: Brahmins
• विप्रान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford/place
• तीर्थे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नराधिप: O king (lord of men)
• नराधिप: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर + अधिप (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नराणाम् अधिपः)

• पायसम्: rice-pudding
• पायसम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• घृतमिश्रम्: mixed with ghee
• घृतमिश्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घृत + मिश्र (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तृतीया/षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थः (घृतेन/घृतस्य मिश्रः = mixed with ghee)

• तु: indeed/and
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात/पदपूरक-अव्यय

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; अन्वय-सर्वनाम (correlative: he)

• लभेत्: would obtain
• लभेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• कोटिजम्: worth a crore-fold / of crores
• कोटिजम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कोटि + ज (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कोट्या जातम्/कोटिसम्बन्धि)

• फलम्: fruit (result)
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced, addressing a king/narādhipa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha (Narmadā) connected to Narmadeśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira / king (narādhipa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: On a Narmadā riverbank tīrtha, a kingly donor arranges brāhmaṇa-bhojana; brāhmaṇas seated in a row receive bowls of pāyasa glistening with ghee; river, steps/ghāṭa, and ritual vessels frame the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Charity performed at a sanctified place—especially feeding the learned—multiplies in spiritual potency and becomes a major act of dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same Narmadā-associated tīrtha in this chapter—centered on Narmadeśvara.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhojana-dāna: feeding brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha, specifically with pāyasa (sweet rice) mixed with ghee.