Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 26

Devanagari script

एकस्मिन्भोजिते विप्रे कोटीर्भवति भोजिता । पञ्चस्थानेषु यः श्राद्धं कुरुते भक्तिमान्नरः

Transliteration

ekasminbhojite vipre koṭīrbhavati bhojitā | pañcasthāneṣu yaḥ śrāddhaṃ kurute bhaktimānnaraḥ

Translation

إذا أُطعِمَ برهمنٌ واحدٌ فقط كان كأنما أُطعِمَ كروْرٌ كامل. والرجلُ المخلصُ الذي يُقيم شرادها في المواضع الخمسة المقدّسة ينال هذا الثواب المضاعف.

Word by Word

• एकस्मिन्: in one (case/place)
• एकस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण: in one)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (masc/neut), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• भोजिते: when (a feeding) is done / upon feeding
• भोजिते: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; 'भोजिते' = 'when (someone) is fed' / 'in the feeding'

• विप्रे: a brāhmaṇa
• विप्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Locative absolute participant/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• कोटीः: crores
• कोटीः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (nominative), बहुवचन (plural)

• भवति: becomes/is
• भवति: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• भोजिता: (as) fed / (as) feeding accomplished
• भोजिता: Karta-sāmānādhikaraṇa (Predicate nominative/समानााधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त-क्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग: 'feeding (is considered)'

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), समासपूर्वपद

• स्थानेषु: in places
• स्थानेषु: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (locative), बहुवचन (plural)

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

• श्राद्धम्: śrāddha rite
• श्राद्धम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्राद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (accusative), एकवचन

• कुरुते: performs
• कुरुते: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• भक्तिमान्: devout
• भक्तिमान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier of naraḥ/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; मतुप्-प्रत्ययान्त (possessive adjective): 'भक्तिः अस्य अस्ति'

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Śūlabheda/Revā pañca-sthāna (five places)

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim feeds a single brāhmaṇa at a riverside pavilion; behind the brāhmaṇa appear countless luminous silhouettes symbolizing ‘a crore fed’; a map-like strip shows five marked sacred stations where śrāddha is performed.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Śrāddha
• Pañca-sthāna (five sacred places—unnamed in this snippet)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional śrāddha and respectful feeding, performed at sanctified locations, yields magnified spiritual merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within Śūlabheda-tīrtha māhātmya; it also references a set of “five sacred places” (pañca-sthāna) in the local pilgrimage circuit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brāhmaṇa-bhojana (feeding brāhmaṇas) and performing śrāddha at the pañca-sthānas with bhakti.