Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 170

Devanagari script

अतितृप्तिं समापन्नास्ते तदन्ननिषेवणात् । आचांताश्चंदनैः स्रग्भिरंबरैः परिभूषिताः

Transliteration

atitṛptiṃ samāpannāste tadannaniṣevaṇāt | ācāṃtāścaṃdanaiḥ sragbhiraṃbaraiḥ paribhūṣitāḥ

Translation

وبأكلِ ذلك الطعام بلغوا غايةَ الشبع والرضا؛ ثمّ بعد المضمضةِ والتطهير، أُكرموا وزُيّنوا بعجينةِ الصندل، والأكاليل، والملابس.

Word by Word

• अति-तृप्तिम्: extreme satisfaction
• अति-तृप्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + तृप्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव (adverbial compound: 'excessive satisfaction'), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• समापन्नाः: having attained
• समापन्नाः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + √पद्/√आप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle: 'having attained'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषण

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्-अन्न-निषेवणात्: from partaking of that food
• तत्-अन्न-निषेवणात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + नि + √सेव् (धातु) + ल्युट् (कृदन्त: निषेवण)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'from the eating/partaking of that food'), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• आचान्ताः: having sipped (water)/rinsed
• आचान्ताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + √चम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle: 'having sipped/rinsed'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषण

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

• चन्दनैः: with sandal(paste)
• चन्दनैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• स्रग्भिः: with garlands
• स्रग्भिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रज् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• अम्बरैः: with garments
• अम्बरैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• परिभूषिताः: adorned
• परिभूषिताः: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि + √भूष् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past participle: 'adorned'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Frame sages; in-scene audience are participants of the hospitality episode

Visual Art Cues

Scene: After a sumptuous meal, guests/sages sit content; they perform ācāmana and are honored with sandal paste, garlands, and garments—an auspicious completion of hospitality.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī (Vārāṇasī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Feeding others to fullness and honoring them afterward is portrayed as complete hospitality that generates merit and harmony.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī, where acts of anna-dāna and honoring guests are depicted as natural expressions of dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Post-meal ācāmana and the honoring of guests with sandal paste, garlands, and clothing (vastra-dāna).